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High-powered Swedish group 'very impressed' with work done in SA wine industry

Mar 27th, 08:09

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March 2013
High-powered Swedish group 'very impressed' with work done in SA wine industry

The heads of one of the biggest buyers of South African wine in Europe said at a media briefing in Cape Town on Wednesday (6 March) that they were “very impressed” with the work being done in the local wine industry in the area of social responsibility. At the same time South Africa remained “fairly high up” on the organisation’s list of risk countries which also include Chile and California.

The group visited several wine farms and met with the major role players in the local wine industry, including some worker organisations.

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