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The conversion of sugar to alcohol
The Balling meter does not reflect an accurate sugar concentration of grape juice.
By Charl Theron · 4 min read
Traditional and alternative methods to monitor wine fermentations
The purpose of this article is to illustrate the potential contribution of infrared spectroscopy to the monitoring of wine fermentations.
By Hélène Nieuwoudt · 10 min read
Vinèa SA: harvest is coming
Sales of Vinéa SA’s Eclat range of Ceramic-Toast barrels grew by 25% during the 2017 harvest. At a time when many winemakers are dramatically reducing their bar
By Carlin Cloete · 3 min read
Sensory evaluation of mouthfeel in wine
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By Renée Crous, Valeria Panzeri and Hélène Nieuwoudt · 7 min read
Thiol levels in dry South African Chenin blanc wines (Part 1)
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By Astrid Buica, Jeanne Brand and Christine Wilson · 7 min read
Volatile sulphur compounds
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By Astrid Buica, Sebastian Vannevel and Wessel du Toit · 8 min read
Using thermal satellite land surface temperature to supplement weather station temperatures in the Western Cape (Part 2)
Land surface temperature anomaly
By Dr. Tara Southey · 8 min read
Impact of local site and inter seasonal weather variability on grapevine responses (Part 4)
This article links to the previous articles and fits into the overall objective to study the grapevine’s response to climate attributes from a phenology, growth
By Dr. Tara Southey · 9 min read
Optimisation of grapevine leafroll detection by sentinel canes
In this project we evaluated the use of a bud of a red cultivar, grafted on individual white cultivar vine stems to serve as visual indicators of leafroll infection in the white cultivar.
By Gerhard Pietersen · 10 min read
