JOHANNESBURG—South Africa’s $1.5 billion wine industry is reeling after a series of pandemic-induced shocks, including successive bans on the sale of alcohol totaling some 14 weeks.
The country’s Chardonnays and Cabernet Sauvignons have become household staples world-wide, and wineries centered in the rolling farmlands around the Western Cape are among South Africa’s most successful and lucrative industries. As alcohol sales resumed nationwide this week, many of these businesses have emerged battered, and some might not survive.
That's a tough blow to SA. Hopefully that IMF loan can help out. The short ban on exporting made a it even worse
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Unbelievable damage to a major industry contributing millions in foreign exchange. The illogical decision creating the damage looks deliberate.
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But those South Africans killing all of those WHITE Christians 🖕😎
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Who’s been drinking LESS wine during the pandemic?!