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It’s more than half-way through 2024 - how is the South African wine industry faring this year?
Moreover, while South Africa has 1 143 wine brands, it is only a mere handful, just 50 of these brands, that generate 80% of the business.
By SA Wine Industry · 3 min read
KWV claims Champion Red Blend at SA Young Wine Show
KWV received the 2018 SA Champion Red Blend Trophy at the illustrious SA Young Wine Show awards gala dinner, presented by Agri-Expo in the historical Stellenbos
By Anton Pretorius · 2 min read
Promotion of wild bees in South African and Austrian vineyards by plants with diverse floral traits
The aim of this study was to gain a better understanding of how the plant community in vineyards could potentially be manipulated to improve bee diversity.
By René Gaigher, Silvia Winter, Sophie Kratschmer & Temitope Kehinde · 7 min read
High(er)-throughput evaluation of novel grapevine material for important traits
In a South African wine industry-funded study, researchers focused on selecting and screening ‘untested/poorly tested’ rootstock material for abiotic stress-resistance phenotypes. The study also evaluated disease-resistance phenotypes of potentially valuable grapevine material.
By Melané Vivier · 5 min read
Suitable rootstock for soil and wine goal
The choice of rootstock is an important decision which can determine the success of your newly planted vineyard. The rootstock characteristics of nine rootstocks in the wine industry will be discussed in this article.
By Heinrich Schloms · 7 min read
Strength in diversity
The Trophy Spirits Show – brought to you by Investec – is a unique competition in the South African spirits industry: the breadth and depth of what it examines, assesses and rewards is quite unlike any other such competition and unparalleled in this country.
By SA Wine Industry · 5 min read
New cultivars, new clones
What’s your potential? What’s your style? No we’re not talking humans, we’re talking new clones and cultivars planted with the main aim to produce more flavour
By Doronae · 3 min read
Microbial strategies for wine ethanol reduction
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By Debra Rossouw and Florian Bauer · 12 min read
Using MLF to create a buttery wine or not
Various factors influence the amount of diacetyl, acetoin and 2,3-butanediol produced during fermentation impacting the buttery aroma.
By Natasha Pretorius, Lynn Engelbrecht and Maret du Toit · 11 min read
Deetlefs Wine Estate celebrates 200 years of excellence
The legacy of the Deetlefs Wine Family stretches over 200 years with it being the second oldest family owned wine estate in South Africa under ownership of the same family.
By SA Wine Industry · 6 min read
Treated municipal wastewater for irrigation (Part 3): Yield and juice characteristics
This study’s objective was to assess long-term irrigation sustainability with treated municipal wastewater (TMW) on grapevine yield and juice characteristics in the latter part of a field trial in commercial vineyards in the Coastal region of the Western Cape, South Africa.
By Carolyn Howell, Karla Hoogendijk, Philip Myburgh, Vink Lategan & Eduard Hoffman · 18 min read
Treated municipal wastewater for irrigation (Part 4): Soil chemical responses
This study’s objective was to assess the effects of long-term irrigation with treated municipal wastewater (TMW) on soil chemical properties in commercial vineyards in the Coastal region of the Western Cape.
By Carolyn Howell, Karla Hoogendijk, Philip Myburgh, Vink Lategan & Eduard Hoffman · 18 min read
