Cutting wine logistics costs

Statistics confirm what
industry experts have been
predicting for years – bulk
wine sales will continue to
increase.
In 2009 South Africa bottled
245 065 693 litres of wine
while only 150 529 346 litres
were transported in bulk.
Only three years later, in
2012, the picture was very
different. South Africa saw 168
848 148 litres of wine bottled
compared to the 248 433 122
litres of wine exported in bulk.
According to JF Hillebrand
South Africa’s managing
director, Marliese Martin, the
future of the South African
wine industry has never looked
better – and while moving
vast quantities of product in
bulk has posed its fair share
of challenges, it is ultimately
serving the wine industry well.