Brett + bacteria = worse, or better
By Erika Szymanski of The Wineoscope. Microbiology has gotten a lot wrong studying yeast and bacteria. We’ve assumed, until quite recently, that if a microbe doesn’t grow in a dish it’s not [...]
Winter School, Summer Ready
The post-harvest blues have slowly started to sink in as the familiar snip-snip-snip of pruning shears drifts through the vineyard. While the viticulturists are hard at work, the fourth year [...]
Meet Charles Williams – Winemaker at De Toren Private Cellar
Q. When and where were you born ? “I was born on 10th January 1985 at Kakamas on the Orange River in the Northern Cape.” Q. Where did you study and what qualifications do you have ? [...]
The one where we tried to make wine
By winemaking student Geena Whiting. I grew up in KwaZulu Natal, on a small holding that was a hodgepodge of different agricultural sectors. We had chickens that ran around and horses and cows [...]
Assessing grape maturity for harvest planning
By Dr. Michela Centinari, Assistant Professor of Viticulture, Department of Plant Science If just one adjective was chosen to describe the 2018 growing season to date, many of us might suggest [...]