Petes-Pix: 2009

My Books

"Pinotage: Behind the Legends of South Africa's own wine" is available on the ibookstore

Learn more about my new book telling all about Pinotage and read sample pages at
pinotagebook.weebly.com

A I Perold's
A Treatise
on Viticulture
A I Perold (1880-1941) was South Africa's first Professor of Viticulture and Oenology. He dedicated himself to improving the quality of grapes for wine, brandy and the table. He studied wine and brandy production in Europe, imported more than 60 varieties to the Cape and bred new ones. Perold said this book “is intended to serve both the student and the practical grape-grower. There are in it technical passages that will appeal more to the student, e.g. the chapters dealing with the biology of the vine, its external and internal morphology, the theory of grafting. My remarks on the practice of viticulture, such as those dealing with the propagation, manuring and pruning of the vine, the production of table grapes for export, will, it is hoped, assist the practical grape-grower as well as the student.” This is a newly typeset reprint, not a photocopy. Text on the 712 pages have been aligned to match the original pagination so any external references to pages in the Treatise will be valid in this edition
Available in paperback and hardback editions. 712 pages

A Year in Paarl
with
A I Perold

Dr Perolds report on his Paarl experiments 1915 - 1916 reprinted with glossary, introduction and brief biography. Fascinating historical document on viticulture for wine and table grapes, wine and brandy making.

23 October 2009

Dali Museum in Tampa

Back to Tampa consulting on OPC at Health Plan Ser-vices form 15 – 23 October.

At weekend visited the Salvador Dali museum.

25 September 2009

Ben & Anna's Wedding Vids

Bride and Groom arrive in Church

Signing the Register

Reading by Claudia of the Owl & the Pussycat

Leaving the Church

Getting ready for photographs - Gil, Anna & Ben (Mr & Mrs Martyr) and Gils hubby Tim -- who is trying to organise things.

Standing behind Mr & Mrs Martyr for the official photograph.

Outside the churchyard gates armed with confetti.

Inside the marquee erected over the garden.

The wedding cake

Tom's message for Toby.

Sparkling reception

Getting seated for the wedding breakfast.

Tim carves roasted leg of lamb.

Louisa's wedding poem for Anna and Ben.

Best Mans's speech

13 June 2009

VWTC Visit Ridgeview

On Saturday 13 June Verulam Wine Tasting Club visited Ridgeview winery and vineyards for a conducted tour and tasting of their sparkling wines.

28 May 2009

Portmerion, Wales

To Wales for three nights to see Dan, we stayed in Portmerion, and had a train ride on the Welsh Highland Railway.

Our apartment has a living room window just to the right of Atlas's globe.

25 January 2009

Dinner at Brio Tampa

Consulting at Health Plan Services in Tampa, I discovered Brio Italian Grille at nearby International Plaza.

08 January 2009

Singapore

After a couple of weeks spending Christmas in New Zealand we came home via Australia to stay with Merv and Bev in Melbourne, then a few days in Singapore, firstly staying at Raffles Hotel.