Petes-Pix: Day 2 - 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
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 Fascinating historical document on viticulture for wine and table grapes, wine and brandy making.

21 September 2026

Day 2 - Chateaux, Rivers and Wine - Viking Forseti

Day 2 - Monday 21 September 2026

The loudness of Croisieurope’s Cyrano de Bergerac engines running all night interrupted my sleep and kept me awake. We got up at 08:00 and decided not to go on the included excursion ‘Panoramic Bordeaux’ which departed 08:30. Instead we enjoyed a leisurely late breakfast.

At 09:00 Forseti cruised a short distance downriver for a ‘technical stop’. Sewage was pumped out and rubbish loaded onto a tender carrying two large skips. A plastic bag tossed from Forseti split open to release hundreds of wine corks. Afterwards we returned to our Bordeaux mooring.