Petes-Pix: Rhine -Mosel Discovery

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A I Perold's
A Treatise
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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
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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 Fascinating historical document on viticulture for wine and table grapes, wine and brandy making.

29 April 2023

Rhine -Mosel Discovery - Day 6

Day 6

After breakfast was the Disembarkation talk which the programme manager insisted had to be attended by at least one person from each cabin. A lot of time was spent on what the contingent on the post cruise extension to Paris would be doing.

As always, there are only three things one needs to know about disembarkation: when bags are to be outside cabin, when cabin is to be vacated and when one has to leave the ship for the onward journey. And all this information is written on the document that is placed in ones room on the penultimate evening.

After lunch, we moored around 13:00 in Cochem. The shore excursion left at 13:30 and was most enjoyable.

Photo by Dan

We had a wine tasting at Schlagkamp given by the winery's owner/winemaker Andreas Schlagkamp.

Andreas Schlagkamp

Two wines were poured, both dry: Riesling and Ebling, followed by a liqueur made from the local small red peaches. Schlagkamp make a wine from the rare Red Riesling mutation, so I had to buy a bottle.

Then mini-busses ferried us up to the Reichsburg Castle on a promontory overlooking the town and Mosel.

Reichsburg Castle and Cochem from the boat - by Krisie

Our guide gave a good tour of the inside and outside, and then we walked down to Cochem for a tour.

This road-side wine-vending machine in Cochem also holds glasses and snacks. There was a coach to return us to the boat but we walked the short distance, and regular Viking shuttle busses went to and from Cochem.