Tanzanian grape farmer rejoices as local winery plans to tap Chinese market

STORY: Tanzanian grape farmer rejoices as local winery plans to tap Chinese market DATELINE: June 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: Dodoma CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the vineyard 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): WILLIAM MEDARD SWAI, Grape farmer 3. various of the vineyard 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ARCHARD KATO, Managing director of Alko Vintages Company Limited 5. various of the wine company STORYLINE: In a 1.5-hectare vineyard 39 kilometers north of the Tanzanian capital of Dodoma, 67-year-old grape farmer William Swai has recently been busy checking the grapes, which will be fully ripe and picked to make delicious wine by mid-July. 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. Swai said that the opening of international markets, including the Chinese market, to locally-made wines will boost the production of the country's wineries. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): WILLIA

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(230628) -- DODOMA, June 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- William Swai, a grape farmer, checks the growth of grapes at a vineyard on the outskirts of Dodoma, Tanzania, on June 24, 2023. 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. TO GO WITH "Feature: Tanzanian grape farmer rejoices as local winery plans to tap Chinese market" (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua)