SOUTH AFRICA: Mixed support for ethical wine trade body
Strong support from UK supermarkets has helped launch South Africa’s Wine Industry Ethical Trade Association (WIETA), while the attitude of importers in other EU countries could damage the long-term success of such an initiative. This body, launched yesterday, is the culmination of a four-year pilot Ethical Trade Initiative (ETI), aimed at developing credible, cost effective ways of monitoring labour practices in the production of wine exported to the UK.