China’s trade war with Australia a boon for South African winemakers Exports of bauxite, copper concentrate and some coal also rise from African states after Beijing hit a range of Australian goods with punitive duties By Joe Bavier, Tanisha Heiberg and Emma Rumney - 11 February 2021 Image: REUTERS/ ALY SONG
For South African winemaker Vergenoegd Löw, the pandemic could have been a disaster but a bitter trade war between China and Australia has thrown the 325-year-old estate a lifeline.
Bottles of its reds, whites and roses piled up when SA banned alcohol sales under a strict lockdown and visitors who once flocked to the vineyard near Cape Town to sip wine and snap photos of its famed Indian Runner ducks vanished.