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SOUTH AFRICA<br />
NEW GENERATION<br />
businesses. The solar panels installed at Graham<br />
Beck produce around 30% of the total electricity<br />
usage in its production facilities and over 160 solar<br />
panels have been installed at Vondeling, providing<br />
them with 80,200 kWh on average annually.<br />
GRAHAM BECK TAKES GREAT PRIDE IN COMMUNICATING ITS CONSERVATION INITIATIVES<br />
DURING CELLAR TOURS, TASTINGS AND VINEYARD TOURS<br />
ECO-TOURISM<br />
Wine Tourism lies at the heart of the Cape Winelands,<br />
and producers want visitors to experience<br />
positive transformation for themselves. These<br />
offerings include sustainable nature-based activities<br />
like walking, hiking and mountain biking<br />
trails, outdoor dining, bird watching, eco-lodging,<br />
picnics, nature drives and ‘vinisafari’s’.<br />
Visitors to Spier can volunteer in their organic<br />
Food Garden or at the Sustainability Institute<br />
or visit their eco-friendly wastewater treatment<br />
plant that recycles 100% of the farm’s black and<br />
grey water. Their Tree-preneurs nursery, home to<br />
23,000 indigenous plants, has empowered dozens<br />
of tree-growing entrepreneurs living in impoverished<br />
communities to grow indigenous trees and<br />
plants in exchange for livelihood support”.<br />
Traversing the beautiful Elgin valley, the Active@<br />
Almenkerk hiking trail spreads the conservation<br />
gospel to local and international visitors that<br />
become powerful ambassadors for their brand<br />
and its conservation efforts.<br />
The message of sustainability continues to the<br />
Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, where Creation has been<br />
awarded for the way its vision comes alive in<br />
tourism offerings with inventive menus comprising<br />
fresh, seasonal and local ingredients. “Consumers<br />
want to enjoy authentic wines with traceability<br />
and exclusivity. In this context, the future<br />
of fine wine is about consumers venturing to<br />
where the wine is grown to discover the terroir”.<br />
It includes the people who make, grow and<br />
harvest it, confirming that the brand you support<br />
is committed to a sustainable future, including<br />
its beautiful environment, people, community<br />
and clients.<br />
ANTHONY HAMILTON-RUSSELL SEES HIS ROLE AS “CONTINUALLY ENHANCING THE HEALTH<br />
AND DIVERSITY OF OUR OVERALL ECOLOGY, THE WHOLE TEAM AND THEIR FAMILIES<br />
AUTUMN 2022 • GILBERT & GAILLARD - THE FRENCH EXPERTS ON WINE<br />
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