By implication WineNews's very virtual existence and our Monday-to-Friday publishing cycle make us a news carrier of some significance to any and all affiliated to and or interested in South African wine.
So then, in six instalments to be published between 1 and 8 December, we'll be repackaging 2006's news for you in informative, entertaining and in some instances amusing chunks - i.e. our very own lists - culminating in the announcement of the WINE.CO.ZA Newsmaker of the Year 2006.
But before we indulge in the doomed undertaking of list-making by attaching idiosyncratic value judgements thereto, here are the facts...
TEN MOST READ WINENEWS FEATURE ARTICLES OF 2006
- Cork Catastrophe by Neil Pendock
- The best and worst whines of 2005 by Graham Howe
- Viagra and the wine blogosphere by Kim Maxwell
- Sexy single vineyard register by Graham Howe
- India – now or never for SA wine by Jeanine Wardman
- Wine competitions – an overtraded market? By Neil Pendock
- Where there’s smoke, there’s fire by Frank Smith
- More SA producers packaging wines offshore, and others may follow by Lynn Bolin
- Aqua with attitude by Neil Pendock
- SA bulk red prices likely to fall further in 2006 by Lynn Bolin
TEN MOST READ MEDIA RELEASES PUBLISHED ON WINENEWS IN 2006
- 2006 Nederburg Auction guest speaker announced by De Kock Communications
- Wine industry faces another dry white season by MediaVision
- Future of cork oak forests hangs in the balance by WWF
- Winesceptre keeps wine at ideal drinking temperature by Grapevine Communications
- Innocork, the product that perfects by Cork Supply SA
- Stormhoek Pinotage 2005 wins top Pinotage award at IWSC by Orbital Wines
- Announcing the inaugural Terroir Wine Awards winners by ML Communications
- The Winery goes out to bat for screwcaps by Web Words
- SA Chenin Blancs lead world by Web Words
- Temperature fluctuations in transit found to have major implications for wine quality by Sensitech
PACKAGING AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS (in no particular order)
On Monday 4 December we'll spice things up somewhat and let you have our Editor's Choice, a personalised version of The Year in News. On Tuesday 5 December we'll release our take on The Year in Words, followed by The Year in People on Wednesday. On Thursday we'll publish lists for the mere fun (and folly!) thereof in anticipation of announcing the WINE.CO.ZA Newsmaker of the Year 2006 on Friday 8 December.
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