by Eugene van Zyl | 1 Feb, 1999 | Production
1. PLANNING AND PREPARATION 1.1 Short-term Consult the winemaker of your co-operative about the grading system requirements for particular cultivars. Determine the degree of ripeness of the grapes of the various blocks and plan harvesting accordingly. (See Wynboer...
by D. Saayman | 1 Jan, 1999 | Business and Marketing, Production
VINEYARD DEVELOPMENT South Africa is probably the only country where it is exactly known when viticulture started. Jan van Riebeeck, commander of the first Dutch settlers (1652) at the Cape of Good Hope (presently Cape Town), can be called the first wine farmer...
