Petes-Pix: Dawn Over the Cape

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 Fascinating historical document on viticulture for wine and table grapes, wine and brandy making.

10 November 2024

Dawn Over the Cape

Early morning and we're flying out over False Bay prior to turning around to land at Cape Town International.

And there's Gordon's Bay in the shadow of clouds over the Plateau. On the left is the New Harbour complex and in the middle is the Old Harbour.

Dan was pleased to be upgraded by Avis until he got to the car-park and found it was this Hyundai Staria 9-seater monster.

Lunch was the chicken, salad and bread left for us by Jill. Dan & Krisie drove to Checkers in the afternoon for essential supplies, and we had the first one, Simonsig Kaapse Vonkel 2022 for an aperitif before heading to Spur for dinner where we had