What an awesome day. Wanted to do this for quite some time, but could never find the time! I was privileged to spend the day with Stephan Joubert, Chief Viticulturist of DGB. We get caught up in [...]
In the wake of recent articles about the Grapevine leaf roll dilemma in South Africa (just note this is a global problem, not fixed to South Africa), I would like to throw you a curve ball, but [...]
Most of the vineyards have dropped all their leaves, so the big scale farmers are already on the go with pruning. Here is a short video on pruning Vertical Shoot Positioning. (click the settings [...]
Last week we went up to the Cederberg to look at a potential site to plant vineyards. As the recent Shiraz Challenge showed us – the Cederberg makes some pretty damn good Shiraz. Having the [...]
I’m going to lie if I say that Shiraz is my favourite variety at the moment. My heart belongs to Grenache noir, Cinsaut noir and, by lack of tasting experience to name others, Tinta [...]
Yesterday I had a conversation with a GIS and Soil Scientist who showed me an article where the work he had done was blatantly showcased by a local winemaker as his own, only to find out that I [...]
Last year I ran a series of videos focusing on pruning equipment, maintenance of that equipment and pruning different systems. I will post these videos again systematically as we go on through [...]
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