Petes-Pix: Lunch at Neethlingshof, Tasting at J C Le Roux, Steak at Spur

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 Fascinating historical document on viticulture for wine and table grapes, wine and brandy making.

11 March 2020

Lunch at Neethlingshof, Tasting at J C Le Roux, Steak at Spur

Always a pleasure to lunch at Neethlingshof Estate, even more so with the company of Krisie and Dan. Krisie explored more local meats by choosing ostrich.

The wine - Owl Post Estate Pinotage 2018 - was beautifully presented, and we had a chat with cellar master and good friend DeWet Viljoen.

DeWet Viljoen, Krisie, Dan

Then up the Devon Valley to The House of J C Le Roux. The restaurant which we have enjoyed so much in the past has changed operators and is being converted to pizza and Italian, but until the place properly opens all that is available is a limited pizza menu.

We had the dry wine tasting of 3 MCC and one carbonated wine. Strangely they started with the most expensive, J C Le Roux Scintilla 2012 Vintage MCC, then the Pongracz white and pink MCC finishing with J C Le Roux's carbonated Sauvignon Blanc.