China’s trade war with Australia a boon for SA winemakers
Exports of bauxite, copper concentrate and some coal also rise from African states after Beijing hit a range of Australian goods with punitive duties
10 February 2021 - 17:34
For SA winemaker Vergenoegd Löw, the pandemic could have been a disaster but a bitter trade war between China and Australia has thrown the 325-year-old estate a lifeline.
Bottles of its reds, whites and roses piled up when SA banned alcohol sales under a strict lockdown and visitors who once flocked to the vineyard near Cape Town to sip wine and snap photos of its famed Indian Runner ducks vanished...
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