by | Nov 3, 2016 | Viticulture
Our final stop in the Skurfkop mountains was at Henk Laing, producer to several well known wines in South Africa, including, but not limited to, the Cape of Good Hope Laing Semillon, produced by Anthonij Rupert wines. It is remarkable how the soil changes several...
by | Nov 1, 2016 | Viticulture
We arrived at Clanwilliam at around 18:00. Our home for the night would be Saint du Barrys. Owners Joan and Wally were fantastic hosts and we felt welcome from the start. We had an old school Lion lager at the local pub and then had a braai – tjops and toasties,...
by | Sep 22, 2016 | Viticulture
What a privilege and honour to be able to work with these beasts. Muscat d’Alexandrie planted in 1973 – 13 years my senior. As I showed David how to carefully prune these old vines, he made a comment that more owners of old vines should consider when sending a pruning...
by | Aug 30, 2016 | General
By Jaco Engelbrecht | www.visualviticulture.co.za André Morgenthal and myself met up with the bloke from Bishops in the Bottelary Hills early this morning. Our mission for the day was to discuss the economics of old vines and to visit some of these vineyards. It was a...
by | Aug 2, 2016 | General
By Jaco Engelbrecht | www.visualviticulture.co.za As part of my job at the Old Vines Project I will map all the vineyards older than 35 years. First I’m doing just the regions. Then I will have to find all the vineyards and GPS them and then each one of them will get...
