A Year in Paarl
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
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 Fascinating historical document on viticulture for wine and table grapes, wine and brandy making.
Runner Beans took their time, but are now high and producing
I picked my first for dinner tonight.
Many tomatoes are now ripe, these are Koralik bush tomatoes, grown for the first time this year.
And after last years chilli washout, I've got a good crop this year.
To Prae Wood Arms to have dinner with Emma and Toby. A bottle of Champagne aperitif followed by an Argentinian Malbec Bonarda blend chosen by Toby.
To Ascott House and Gardens, a NT place near Aylesbury, still occupied by a branch of the Rothschild family.
Our last full day in Criccieth. We have lunch at Caffi Cwrt, a charming tea rooms, in their back garden. Waitress service, good value and they only take cash. All the other places, using Covid as an excuse, were cashless.
In the evening, after long perusal of the take-away menu deciding what to have, we phone our order to Dylans who tell us they are not doing takeaways on Fridays and Saturdays.
As we have no white wines, we get a take-away from Spice Bank, and it's very good.
It's been a great week with Dan and Krisie and magnificent weather. Dan was invaluable carrying our cases and belongings up many stairs to the apartment when we arrived, and down again when we departed.
Lunch on Dylan's deck, cooked to order from a van by their entrance. Drinks came from another van, but they were out of white wine and bottled still water, so we had Prosecco and Krisie managed to charm an 'ice bucket' for it from the restaurant.
In the evening Dan and I queued socially distanced in the street for 40 minutes to get fish'n'chips from the always busy Castle chippie. All they had left was large cod, so that's what we had with chips and mushy peas.
Dan and Krisie bought some New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc to go with my Cava and Villa Maria.
I had a go with Krisie's fans....
After dinner we walked along the coastal path and Dan and I paddled in the sea.
The sun was setting as we walked back.
And the moon was shining on the still waters.
Photo's of fish'n'chips, Peter and paddlers by Krisie
Because of the rule of six, Amy and Elliot couldn't join us for dinner, but the adults had a good meal and surprisingly good wine - Frederico Paternina Banda Azul 2016 at £21.95.
Dinner with Tom and Joan at Dylans.
Krisie was feeling the heat so used her fans - and their light.
