Petes-Pix: Portugal's River Of Gold – Lisbon>Porto – Viking Osfrid

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 Fascinating historical document on viticulture for wine and table grapes, wine and brandy making.

24 November 2025

Portugal's River Of Gold – Lisbon>Porto – Viking Osfrid – 24 November 2025

Day 8 – Monday 24 November 2025

– Cruise Day 6

The cold that had been dogging me for some days was at its worst today, and I spent most of the day just lying on my bed. I didn’t go on the included Lamego excursion. I roused myself for afternoon tea at 16:45 and enjoyed a cup of loose leaf Dragon Pearl green tea and a rather good scone.

This was followed by the disembarkation briefing, about which nothing of import is ever said that’s not on the Viking Daily delivered to your cabin. All one needs to know is when the cabin must be vacated, when to put cases outside the cabin and when to leave to the boat to catch coach to airport.

By 18:00 we were tied up at our Porto mooring and we settle down to a demonstration of opening a Vintage Port using Port Tongs. We were each handed a glass of Port afterwards.