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How vine water stress shapes grape and wine quality
This study formed part of the South Africa Wine programme “Grapevine production with limited water resources”, and aimed to evaluate how spatial and temporal water stress affects vine physiology, fruit composition and wine quality.
By Carlos Poblete-Echeverria · 10 min read
Fruit farms become tech-savvy
Today we live in a world of interconnectedness, the dawn of the “internet of everything” and shifting technological frontiers. Even the use of robotics on farms
By Sandile · 11 min read
New Winetech projects for 2017 (Part 4)
1. Improving poor performing grapevines by means of root pruning or mulching
By Winetech Editorial Team · 4 min read
TerraClim - online terrain and climate spatial decision support systems
Assess your environment and tell your story using maps in TerraClim. The TerraClim platform is an integrated resource database with a user-friendly interface, w
By Doronae · 7 min read
Climate change in the viticulture sectors: Overview of long term climate trends in the Western Cape (Part 1)
Annual average temperatures for South Africa from 1901 - 2018. Each stripe highlights the annual temperature difference compared to the long term mean (the firs
By Dr. Tara Southey · 9 min read
Seasonal weather variation within local mesoclimates explained using high resolution climate data (Part 3)
Increased seasonal variation in weather is a growing reality and concern in the context of climate change. Should we be reconsidering how we measure a season? T
By Dr. Tara Southey · 9 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
The integration of multiple view points for adaptation/mitigation strategies in the context of warmer and drier future (Part 5)
The final part of the series deals with the transition of fundamental research into the domain of the decision maker, through web applications to aid long and s
By Dr. Tara Southey · 9 min read
Chenin blanc - the versatile varietal
New ways and new sites to plant Chenin blanc in years to come in the quest to deal with climate change.
By Rosa Kruger, Stephanie Midgley and Dr. Tara Southey · 9 min read
In-field fractional use of winery wastewater with raw water (Part 1): Plot selection, augmentation and climatic conditions
A field study was necessary to investigate the use of winery wastewater for vineyard irrigation to determine the sustainability of such a practice in other environments.
By Carolyn Howell and Reckson Mulidzi · 13 min read
