(Businessday) - Nontraditional markets for South Africa’s wines — such as East Africa, Russia, and Japan — are growing.SA’s wine exports have shown healthy growth in the first three months of this year, with Nigerian connoisseurs developing a keen nose for the local grape. Nontraditional markets for SA’s wines — such as East Africa, Russia, and Japan — are growing, raising the prospects for a depressed local industry bedevilled by squeezed profit margins. SA’s wine export volumes rose 21% in the first three months of the year, compared with 2011, Wines of SA said yesterday.