Ray Smuts A SEMINAR focusing on the road ahead for South Africa's wine industry kicks off the keenly-awaited Cape Wine 2002 exposition at Nederburg Estate near Paarl next month. Entitled ÔSA Wine Industry: Looking Ahead', the April 16 event will probe the wine industry from a number of perspectives including its contribution to the South African economy, its foreign currency prowess through exports and local investment, and how industry players can make South Africa a major global player on wine markets. Speakers will include economist and agri-economist Philip Spies of Creative Futures, Nosey Pietersen, chairman of the Black Association of the Wine Spirits Industry, Su Birch, ceo of Wines of South Africa, Dennis Dykes, chief economist of Nedcor and Neil Pendock, wine writer and wine judge.
