Retail billionaire Christo Wiese is a step closer to getting back Lanzerac wine estate from Markus Jooste after clearing a legal hurdle in the drawn-out dispute.

Wiese launched a lawsuit in 2021 against Jooste in a bid to get back the exclusive property in Stellenbosch or alternatively the monetary value of the transaction, claiming he had sold to the latter under false pretences. ..

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