Thursday, 31 January 2008

ZAR - Power cuts disrupt South African harvest

Decanter is reporting that the rolling power cuts afflicting South Africa, that have already forced the closure of mines across the country, and caused the government to stop supply to Botswana and Namibia, may affect the Republic's grape harvest this year.

The winemaking body Wine Cellars of South Africa is calling for the outages to be moved from daytime to evening or early morning.

To mitigate this problem, many wineries have bought generators in.

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