The Green Wine Guide » south africa wineries http://www.thegreenwineguide.com ...all about organic, sustainable, environmentally friendly wine. Tue, 12 Oct 2010 23:47:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 South African Wine Industry Praised for Conservation Efforts. http://www.thegreenwineguide.com/2009/01/12/south-african-wine-industry-praised-for-conservation-efforts/ http://www.thegreenwineguide.com/2009/01/12/south-african-wine-industry-praised-for-conservation-efforts/#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2009 07:35:58 +0000 Liz Lewis http://www.thegreenwineguide.com/?p=83 The South African wine industry has set aside 104 000 hectares of Cape Floral Kingdom land for long-term conservation. That’s greater than the amount of land used in the nation for growing grapes (102,000 hectares). This was only made possible through the partnership of the Biodiversity & Wine Initiative (BWI) and the South African Wine Industry. Through these two groups, major wine companies, co-operative wineries and boutique and garagiste producers joined together to protect the Cape’s unique biodiversity.

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