Products
South Africa produces some of the finest wines in the world and contributes up to 4% of the international wine production! Over 100.000 hectares are planted with vines for wine production and over 900 million litres are produced every year by local wineries...this makes more than 1,2 billion wine bottles!!
South Africa hosts the first ever Fairtrade wine operation in the world - Thandi Wines - which achieved Fairtrade certification in 2003. Since then wine has become one of the most important Fairtrade products in South Africa: we currently have 17 Fairtrade certified wine grape producer organisations and over 25 companies involved in Fairtrade wine-making and trading (July 2011). In 2010, over 17 million bottles of Fairtrade wine were drunk globally and two thirds of those were from South African farms! Fairtrade wine is also hugely contributing to the growth of Fairtrade in South Africa: half of the estimated ZAR 18,4 million spent on Fairtrade products in South Africa in 2010 was scored by locally produced Fairtrade wines. South Africans will be happy to know that for every Fairtrade labelled bottle they buy, 50 cents go back to the farm workers to use for social and economic investments, which usually include funding of education and training programmes for the workers and their families or the improvement of services and infrastructures. Fairtrade certification also makes sure that the wine is produced sustainably in accordance with Fairtrade Standards and that full traceability is in place.
List of Fairtrade wines available in local shops:
APPOLLIS / BOSMAN FAMILY VINEYARDS
Traded by: Bosman Family Vineyards
Organic: no
Available at: purchase on ewine.co.za or Diletto Online Deli
BOSMAN FAMILY VINEYARDS
Traded by: Bosman Family Vineyards
Organic: no
Available at: see list of retailers / purchase on ewine.co.za
DEETLEFS WINES
Traded by: Deetlefs
Organic: no
Available at: please contact winery
Contact | Website
DOUGLAS GREEN
Traded by: DGB Ltd.
Organic: no
Available at: please contact winery
FAIRHILLS
Traded by: Home of Origin Wine
Organic: no
Available at: Pick n Pay
FAIRVALLEY
Traded by: Fair Valley Community Property Ass.
Organic: no
Available at: please contact winery
FIVE'S RESERVE
Traded by: Van Loveren
Organic: no
Available at: Picardi Rebel
FRIEDA'S VINE / CREATIVE BLOCK 8
Traded by: Spier
Organic: no
Available at: please contact winery
PALESA
Traded by: uniWines Marketing
Organic: no
Available at: Wellness Warehouse, Daddy Long Legs, Backpackers Cafe, or purchase on Diletto Online Deli
PLACE IN THE SUN
Traded by: Distell Ltd.
Organic: no
Available at: Pick n Pay, Spar, Macro, Ultra Liquors
PARTNERSHIP VINEYARDS
Traded by: Riebeek Cellars
Organic: no
Available at: please contact the winery
REBOURNE
Traded by: Imbuko Wines
Organic: no
Available at: please contact the winery
SIX HATS
Traded by: Citrusdal Wines
Organic: no
Available at: Pick n Pay, Makro
SONOP WINES
Traded by: African Terroir
Organic: yes
Available at: Pick n Pay
STELLENRUST WINES
Traded by: Stellenrust
Organic: no
Available at: please contact the winery
THANDI WINES
Traded by: Thandi Wines
Organic: no
Available at: Pick n Pay, Wellness Warehouse, Ultra Liquors, Macro, 12 Apostoles, Somerset Beverages
TUKULU
Traded by: Distell / Marketed by Cape Legends
Organic: no
Available at: Ultra Liquors or Diletto Online Deli
VINEYARDS SELECTION
Traded by: Home of Origin Wine
Organic: no
Available at: please contact the winery
