by | Mar 31, 2017 | Viticulture
Overview of the past harvest Where available, make use of NDVI’s to spot the differences in the vineyards. See if this is due to irrigation leakage, soil (sampling), disease (including Leafroll virus) or broken trellis systems. To help the vines build up enough...
by | Mar 29, 2017 | Viticulture
Yesterday we had a very interesting information day at Anthonij Rupert Wines, presented by Lucinda Heyns of the IGWS with inputs from Rosa Kruger, about Echalas vineyards in South Africa. The intention of the day was to share knowledge about planning, planting,...
by | Mar 3, 2017 | Viticulture
It’s been a long week so far, travelling almost 800 kilometers through the Breedekloof (Rawsonville region) all the way to Skurfkop (Or Skurfberg as some might call it) between Clanwilliam and Lambertsbay in the West Coast. It was a hunt. For dragons. Old vines of...
by | Jan 2, 2017 | Viticulture
By Jaco Engelbrecht | www.visualviticulture.co.za We have a little experiment on a farm in the Voor-Perdeberg area. It is a block of Cabernet Sauvignon with supplementary irrigation (not the one in the photo, that is Cinsaut for The Blacksmith Barebones). The soil...
by | Nov 5, 2016 | Viticulture
By Jaco Engelbrecht | www.visualviticulture.co.za So we where off to our final stop – a bizarre vineyard on the West Coast, planted in what seems to be a flattened sand dune… I first laid eyes on this vineyard back in 2010, when I was still the viticulturist at...
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...
