Wines of South Africa (WOSA) earns top rating for protecting environment
A major international trade journal with a global readership has rated Wines of South Africa (WOSA) one of the world's most influential beverage organisations in building public awareness of the environment.

MEDIA RELEASE: WOSA's diversity positioning to be extended
South Africa’s positioning on international wine markets that emphasises “variety is in our nature” has been endorsed by key industry players locally and abroad and is to be extended, according to the chief executive of Wines of South Africa (WOSA), Su Birch.

Ten Questions to SA Wine's Woman on the Ground in the UK
Jo Mason joined Wines of South Africa's UK team as Market Manager in January this year. She has years of experience in communicating wine's generic message as it applies to regions and countries, which made Jeanine Wardman all the more adamant in posing ten questions amidst Mason's wall-to-wall itinerary whilst hosting British lifestyle journalists, winelands-style, out here in SA last week.

Jordan Winery announces the Jordan Chameleon Research Bursary
Gary Jordan officially announced the details of the Jordan Chameleon Research Bursary at the launch of the maiden vintage of the Jordan Chameleon Rosé on 17th July 2007, at Den Anker Restaurant, Cape Town. The formation of this bursary was motivated by the recent exciting research carried out at Jordan Winery by scientists from the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI).

Biodiversity and Vines Seminar
The challenge of translating the conservation of biodiversity into a profitable economic activity for wine farmers was the inaugural Biodiversity and Vines Seminar’s primary theme. Sasha Lagrange reports.

Sleep Soundly Chameleon
The speculation that chameleons become entrapped by mechanical grape harvesters and enter into the wine making process has finally been put to rest thanks to the hands-on research conducted on Gary Jordan’s 105 ha Jordan Winery near Stellenbosch by Krystal Tolley and John Measey of the SA National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI).

All eyes on SA as equivalent of half the national vineyard is set aside for conservation
South Africa’s progressive and innovative Biodiversity and Wine Initiative (BWI), has caught the attention not only of the global wine market but also conservationists worldwide, as well as the growing body of retailers and consumers who are choosing to make eco-friendly purchases a part of everyday shopping.

Chameleons and vineyards in the Western Cape of South Africa
Is automated grape harvesting a threat to the Cape Dwarf Chameleon
(Bradypodion pumilum)?

Articles archive on bwi.co.za
Access the Biodiveristy & Wine Initiatives press archive

Can we save the planet?
Access this article by Bruce Jack

Cape Winemakers Guild Members Reject Commercial Use of GM Yeast and Vines
Read the CWG’s media release

GM Yeasts
Read this statement from WOSA

Saving the fynbos
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Saving the natural Cape from wine production
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Selling the uniqueness of South African wine
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The biodiversity positioning
Read more about WOSA’s market positioning, ‘Variety is in our Nature’