Petes-Pix: September 2022

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 Fascinating historical document on viticulture for wine and table grapes, wine and brandy making.

22 September 2022

Imperial War Museum and Oslo Court

To the Imperial War Museum this afternoon. WWII exhibition has been slimmed down to almost nothing.

Afterwards walked across Westminster Bridge to catch Jubilee Line to Oslo Court for dinner.

16 September 2022

Prae Wood Arms with Emma, Toby and Jack

To Prae Wood Arms for lunch with Emma, Toby and Jack. Lovely big cod, crispy large chips and minted mushy peas. And a bottle of savvy.

It's Emma & Toby's wedding anniversary on 21st and we wanted to give them a card and bottle of fizz, and to give Jack his crochet dog we bought at the sheep-shearing fair in Fort Medoc from the lady who made it.

Jack is now six months old and much heavier than he was the short time ago when we last saw him.

15 September 2022

Wimpole Estate

We returned to Wimpole Estate and explored the grounds, walled garden and Home Farm but didn't find the path to the Chinese Bridge over Serpentine Lakes and The Folly until too late. Next time.