Harry explores online wine retail by looking at the two e-commerce strategies that can be adopted in selling wine using this platform.

Harry looks into whether it is better to follow a focussed verse a diversified strategy in building a wine brand in South Africa.

Last Saturday I made wine…. well I watched while Trizanne, producer of Trizanne Signature Wines (TSW), made wine. She very kindly let me experience some of the secrets that go into the making of her Elim Syrah and Sauvignon Blanc. 

You see, I have learnt in detail the theory of wine making, but that does not give me the practical knowledge nor skill to be able to make the many nuanced decisions that go into a typical day in the cellar…..decisions that very much impact on the quality of the final wine and are learnt through time and experience. 

The basic process of (red) wine making is fairly si...