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· Winemakers are in dire condition in Southern Africa.
Although they have received the right to continue harvesting,
fermenting, bottling and exporting wines, the industry fears hard
times since only those with pre-existing orders for export can bottle
and ship their product
· Many of the winemakers opine that it is very tough to survive
given the constraints they have to face. Some of the vineyards have
fermented fruits into wine and in the process invested millions of
dollars. The ban, they complain, would push them out of business.
Winemakers are in dire condition in Southern Africa. Although they
have received the right to continue harvesting, fermenting, bottling
and exporting wines, the industry fears hard times since only those
with pre-existing orders for export can bottle and ship their product.
The rest of the brewers are barred from exporting wine. But many who
have limited orders for exports before the lockdown cannot bottle
their wine.
Many of the winemakers opine that it is very tough to survive given
the constraints they have to face. Some of the vineyards have
fermented fruits into wine and in the process invested millions of
dollars. The ban, they complain, would push them out of business.
Wine brewers association Vinpro had said that if the complete export
ban, which was overturned on 7 April, had remained in place, by 17
April brewers could have entailed a loss of direct export revenue
amounting to more than US$36million. Wine producers are now looking to
the government to phase out all restrictions.
