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Wine production – who pays the price?
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 14 June 2025
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South Africa's 2025 harvest, a lawsuit against Trump's tariffs, and the OIV's latest report
Some are hailing South Africa's 2025 vintage as potentially the best in two decades. Above, at Brookdale Estate in Paarl, Elmarco Thomas (left) and Adrian Martin were photographed by Andrew...

Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 19 April 2025
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