Petes-Pix: Romantic Rhine & Moselle

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 Fascinating historical document on viticulture for wine and table grapes, wine and brandy making.

18 August 2024

Romantic Rhine & Moselle - Kaiserstuhl

Day14 – Saturday 18 August 2024

When we woke the boat was moored at Breisach, rafted on portside to Avalon Vista which luckily had its exit at the same level as ours so we could walk through their reception.

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This was in an industrial area some 15 minutes walk from Breisach town.

Our policy on excursions is that, unless it was to somewhere we really wanted to go, we’d pick wine tastings or the latest departing excursion. Kaiserstuhl wine tasting was also the latest departing of three excursions at 09:30.

The coach took a scenic route, making a stop on high so we could get out to look at a vine clad valley below. But drizzle and low cloud obscured the view then a heavy burst of rain sent us back to the coach.

The tasting was at Oberbergen cooperative in Kaiserstull - https://www.bassgeige-wein.de The co-operative was founded after WW I because grape growers couldn’t afford winemaking equipment of their own. Then every village had its own cooperative to which every grape grower belonged, now there are 15-20% private wineries.