Petes-Pix: Day 3 - Chateaux, Rivers and Wine

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 Fascinating historical document on viticulture for wine and table grapes, wine and brandy making.

22 September 2026

Day 3 - Chateaux, Rivers and Wine - Viking Forseti

Day 3 - Tuesday 22 September 2026

Libourne

We joined the included excursion ‘Libourne Walking Tour’ which left at 09:15 and was led by a knowledgeable and amusing guide. We learned that Libourne was once a rich important town and a major port because ships could access it from the sea with going to Bordeaux and paying their taxes. It also had the monopoly on the sale of salt 363 days annually; Bourg had monopoly the other two days.

We visited the market and had a chocolate tasting at Yves Thuries, a specialist chocolatier that owns a cocoa plantation in Ecuador.

This cruise had no included excursion to the most famous Right Bank wine town, the picturesque St Emilion. There were two optional excursions to St Emilion, one an all-day trip, one covering the afternoon. Both left from Libourne and, at the end, took their guests to meet the ship at Bourg.

Forseti left Libourne at 13:45 and arrived at Bourg around 16:30.