The 2010 Santam Classic Wine Trophy Awards, announced late last week at an event at the recently opened Taj Hotel in Cape Town, named Warwick Estate as the overall winner. A panel of international judges praised the Warwick Trilogy, the estate's cabernet-driven flagship blend, for its handsomeness, elegance and qualitative consistency with each successive vintage. This follows its ‘Top 100' Wine Spectator listing in 2009 and 4½ Stars in Platter's South Africa Wines. 11 Mar 2010
The international exhibition and conference on agriculture, farm equipment, dairy, food, poultry and livestock technology, Agritech South Africa 2010, will be held at the Royal Agricultural Showgrounds in Pietermaritzburg on 14-16 June 2010. 11 Mar 2010
The 9th annual Stellenbosch Wine Festival takes on a new format this year and will be held a month earlier to give soccer fans the opportunity to visit the myriad of cellars that make up the Stellenbosch Winelands. From 1 - 5 July 2010, visitors will be able to experience the winelands in all their glory through an extensive network of shuttles travelling between more than 140 farms that are taking part in the festival this year. 10 Mar 2010
Denny has launched a range of Two Meal Portion Packs, a way to make dinner for two by serving quality and convenience in just the right amounts. Aimed at the single executive or the small family looking for a quick and healthy alternative to preparing a meal from scratch, the packs can be added to meat or pasta. 10 Mar 2010
Nelson Mandela Bay's city housing and land earlier this week agreed to postpone a decision on all applications for the establishment of taverns until the next meeting of the Liquor Board. 10 Mar 2010
During Consumer Right's Month, it is a good time to review debt and protect your rights, should you run into financial trouble. These tips may serve to increase your financial wellbeing. 10 Mar 2010
AVI, the maker of Bakers biscuits, yesterday said it was likely to extend its biscuit-making capacity by half to target a lower-income market it does not sell to yet. 10 Mar 2010
mimoney, a virtual currency powered by Standard Bank, has added NetFlorist as its newest retail partner. 10 Mar 2010
Following its launch of the second collection of products in late February, Studio 4332's products will remain on show at University of Johannesburg (UJ) art gallery before returning to the studio in Braamfontein Werf. 10 Mar 2010
The Succeed programme, established by Deloitte, in partnership with the Businesswomen's Association (BWA) and Business Partners, is open for entries from women entrepreneurs for 2010. 10 Mar 2010
Country Bird Holdings, SA's third-largest producer of chickens, said on Friday it was willing to reopen takeover talks with its smaller rival, Sovereign Foods, less than a month after it sold the large stake in Sovereign it had built up to strengthen its unsuccessful bid for the company last year. 9 Mar 2010
Despite a difficult economic environment, clothing manufacturer and retailer Rex Trueform managed to improve headline earnings per share by 11.8% from 65.3 cents to 73 cents for the six months ended December. 9 Mar 2010
Desperate middle-class South Africans are battling bankruptcy as punitive taxes shrivel their salaries and a fresh wave of price hikes obliterates what's left. 9 Mar 2010
The outbreak of the Rift Valley Fever (RVF) in the Free State and Northern Cape provinces does not constitute a crisis, says Health Deputy Minister, Dr Molefi Sefularo. RVF is a fever-causing viral disease mainly affecting domestic livestock such as cattle and goats, which can be transmitted to humans, mostly through handling of sick, dead or aborted foetuses. 9 Mar 2010
The 2009 Limited Edition Pinot Noir, single cultivar vintage grappa is a first from Giorgio and George Dalla Cia, the father-and-son wine and grappa-making duo. 9 Mar 2010
The Internet Service Providers' Association of South Africa (ISPA) believes that many of the provisions of Rica (Regulation of Interception of Communications Act) remain impractical, perhaps even impossible, for ISPs to implement. It was commenting on the renewed focus by the Department of Justice (DoJ) on the implications that Rica holds for telecom services providers besides the mobile operators. 9 Mar 2010
With the 2010 FIFA World Cup drawing closer, the City of Joburg is raising the hype by hooking in shopping malls to market the football competition. 9 Mar 2010
Zack's group of restaurants in Durban is offering patrons the opportunity to win one of three custom-built Stratocaster guitars (built by A and R Guitars) worth R10 000 each as part of its 10-year anniversary celebration for the BluesTrain. The first draw will be on Freedom Day, 27 April 2010. 9 Mar 2010
Following its successful ad hoc rentals of interactive touch screen kiosks over the past few years, JusTTouchIT has launched a formal Kiosk Rental Division for companies wishing to try out the technology or to use it for conferences, exhibitions or product launches. 9 Mar 2010
XtremeMac's new series of InCharge power solutions for iPhone and iPod deliver faster charge times and greater functionality and mobility. 9 Mar 2010
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