![]() Kato said grapes used by his company to produce wine are of high quality because of the unique climate, adding that the weather is favorable for the production of grapes.įranklin Rutayungulwa, production manager of Alko Vintages Company Limited, said he believed that the grape industry in Tanzania will be massive in the next four to five years because the government has identified grapes as one of its strategic crops. We pay for experts from South Africa and Italy to help the farmers to produce good quality grapes and good management of the vineyards," he said. Initially, grape growing and wine production were limited to missionaries, but in 1969 the Tanzanian government entered the market with the formation of the Dodoma Wine Company.Īrchard Kato, managing director of Alko Vintages Company Limited, a Tanzanian company that makes several brands of wine, told Xinhua that his company does not grow grapes of its own, but it gets grapes from 15 organized grape farming groups that supply the company good quality grapes. The most common grape varietals in the Dodoma wine region, where the Tanzanian wine industry is entirely based, are Chenin Blanc, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, and a variety named for a Dodoma sub-region, Makutupora. ![]() Tanzania, despite not having an international reputation as a wine producer, is home to the second-largest wine-producing region in sub-Saharan Africa after South Africa. "The opening of international markets, including the Chinese market, to locally made wines will boost the production of the country's wineries," he said. DODOMA, June 27 (Xinhua) - In a 1.5-hectare vineyard 39 kilometers north of the Tanzanian capital of Dodoma, William Swai is checking the grapes under the dazzling sun.īy mid-July, the grapes will be fully ripe and will be picked to make delicious wine, the 67-year-old grape farmer told Xinhua in a recent interview. ![]()
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