Petes-Pix: Lunch at Neethlingshof Estate

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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 Fascinating historical document on viticulture for wine and table grapes, wine and brandy making.

20 March 2019

Lunch at Neethlingshof Estate

I like a lot about Neethlingshof - the wine, the winemaker, the food and eating outside on the veranda during harvest seeing grape hoppers driven below us and backed into the winery destemmer opposite.

This was our second visit this trip. First time it was too inclement to sit outside so we lunched in the splendour of the old manor house. We were lucky then to be given a table because they had not got my reservation made online; power cuts meant no internet for them.

I had the lentil bobotie with rice, sambal, chutney and sliced banana coated in desiccated coconut. The bread was also good.

Since the droughts and consequent water shortages we are seeing more 'air water', which is - as far as I can make out - effectively what you get by using a dehumidifier.