A young Johannesburg art director and illustrator has stepped into South Africa’s wine scene with a flourish, by designing a label as bold and brilliant as the contents of the bottle.

While retail remains the centrepiece of Black Friday, new data from CGA by NIQ On Premise User Survey (OPUS) of the South African market reveals the growing role of pubs, bars, and restaurants in meeting the needs of celebratory consumers.

Massmart powered by Walmart is keenly focused on bringing customers great products from around the world, at the best possible prices. Ahead of the release of this year’s festive liquor catalogue, Makro has launched its exclusive Jack Daniels Privé Single Barrel Select 2024 Collection.

Women in Wine, a small enterprise in South Africa fully owned, controlled, and managed by a broad base of women, has uncorked a new range of wines exclusively available at Shoprite and Shoprite LiquorShops nationwide. 

This week, Makro has launched its Festive liquor catalogue for 2023 - which its buyers explain is carefully crafted around local and international consumer trends. This year, the retailer managed to secure exclusive products from brands such as De Krans, Vilafonte, Diemersdal, The Goose and Glenfiddich. 

Checkers has added 41 new limited edition wines to its Odd Bins collection, of which two were awarded Double Gold and Gold at the prestigious Michelangelo International Wine and Spirits Awards earlier this month. 

South African consumers will have to dig deeper in their pockets at the tills this festive season, with food prices set to rise on the back of rising petrol prices, feed, and input costs.

CRM global leader Salesforce predicted that consumers would face higher prices this coming Festive Season.

South Africa’s ‘slate levy’ is effectively a self-adjusting mechanism that government uses to deal with daily differences in petrol prices, says the chief executive of the Fuel Retailers Association Reggie Sibiya.