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South Africa’s next big agricultural export may not come from vineyards or citrus groves, but from pistachio orchards stretching across the Northern Cape. What is taking shape in the Karoo is not just a new crop, but a new way of financing agriculture – slower, risk-sharing and built for the long haul.
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Vertical shoot positioning (VSP) is a trellis system (often interchangeably referred to as a vine training system) that can make for an attractive and efficient vineyard. Shoots—the greenery from which leaves, tendrils, and flower clusters, which eventually become grape clusters, grow—are pinned upward on movable catch wires as grape clusters develop.
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The long-negotiated trade agreement between Australia and the European Union is set to reshape the commercial landscape for Australian wine exports. Tariff elimination and regulatory changes promise improved competitiveness in one of the world’s largest wine markets.
As first world problems go, this one is a cracker: owning too much wine, more than you can ever hope to drink. As one avid Hong Kong-based wine collector puts it, ‘Like many things in life, you know you need to deal with it, but you don’t have to right this minute, so the problem goes on growing, which increases the reluctance to address it!’
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The last time California had a grape harvest as small as last year was 1994. OJ Simpson led cops on a slow-motion chase through LA. Kurt Cobain shot himself. Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.
