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Growing vines without water
What do you get when you study chemistry and are naturally inquisitive? A winemaker! Wanda Augustyn discovers how small the leap from chemist to winemaker is.
By Anton Pretorius · 3 min read
The vine's reserve bank
Carbohydrate reserves in the grapevine play a critical role in various physiological processes. It affects the vine’s overall health, development, growth and ultimate yield.
By Hennie Visser · 6 min read
Plant vines with a plan
How do you go about establishing a new vineyard? Know your soil, choose top-quality plant material and be aware of pitfalls when planting your vines.
By Lee-anne · 2 min read
Establishing a vineyard with uber vines
The objective of this article was to determine whether there are indeed economic benefits to the use of uber vines. It aims to highlight a few benefits and challenges with the help of the case study and investigate the financial break-even figures.
By Callie Coetzee · 7 min read
Near-real-time characterisation of vines
A research project was undertaken to explore advanced image-based techniques for vineyard monitoring to define canopy characteristics and vigour at the plant level.
By Carlos Poblete-Echeverria · 5 min read
Mapping individual vines using drone imagery
This study proposes a new method of creating precision input data for precision viticulture and autonomous farming applications using remote sensing.
By Matthew Wrensch & Kyle Loggenberg · 7 min read
More Old Vines at Meerendal – now with the Oldest Vines in Cape Town
Meerendal Wine Estate in Durbanville has revealed that there is a very special single row of Old Vines of Muscat d’ Alexandria next to the cellar that is 87 years old, making it the oldest producing vineyard in Cape Town.
By SA Wine Industry · 2 min read
Innovation drives world-class vines and wines
Since 1963, Vititec has ensured that wine lovers will be able to raise a glass to even more exceptional wines for generations to come, through their innovative, future-oriented approach to improving and propagating wine grape vines.
By SA Wine Industry · 5 min read
The guardian of South Africa's old vines
For more than two decades, Rosa Kruger has worked alongside South Africa's vineyards, building a reputation as one of the country's most respected viticulturists. As founder and chairperson of the Old Vine Project, she has been instrumental in preserving South Africa's oldest vineyards and…
By Adéle Changuion · 2 min read
Smuggling vines bears fruit for Vriesenhof Winemaker
Nicky Claasens, winemaker at Vriesenhof Vineyards and his mentor, winemaking legend Jan Boland Coetzee.
By Anton Pretorius · 5 min read
Shiraz wines made from vines with different training systems
PHOTO: Wosa Library.
By Wessel du Toit, Petri de Beer and Albert Strever · 4 min read
Germany champion project to save South African vines and future
Every wine tells a story or so the saying goes. For Imvini Wethu, a new wine from South Africa that was launched in February in Europe, it's a tale of adversity
By SA Wine Industry · 5 min read
