A Year in Paarl
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
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 Fascinating historical document on viticulture for wine and table grapes, wine and brandy making.
What a year...
Travel:
Criccieth - January
Cape Winelands – February - March, (truncated by Covid)
Criccieth - October
Great Yarmouth - October
Cancelled by Covid
Paignton - May
Criccieth - July
Bordeaux Scenic River Cruise – August
Sienna Winelands - September
Washington State, AWS at Bellevue, Seattle - October-November.
Roll on 2021 and our vaccinations
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Beautiful sunset seen from guest room, without our guests due to Tier 4 lockdown.
On a cold Christmas Eve with a bitterly cold wind we walked from Redbourn on the farm road which didn't expect to be so muddy or wet.
Posted out my Commonplace Book with Christmas Cards. Front cover has Criccieth Castle photographed from Dylan's Restaurant in January 2020.
Back cover has Joan, me, Toby and Emma at Oslo Court Restaurant in London February 2020, and the Krisie, Dan, me and Joan at Red Leaf Bistro, Beyerskloof Winery, Stellenbosch in March 2020.
Made four loaves, two Granary at back, two with 400g+ white/300g- Granary bread flour. The white looked good but tasted of nothing much. Granary was a lot more tasty.
