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By Dan Coward
Fresh juice at Knappstein
I made wine the other day. Shiraz grapes from the Stobie vineyard came into my crusher, at which point I twiddled my knob and sped up or slowed down the speed of the crusher-destemmer and then adjusted the speed of the pump accordingly. The deep purple juice then sailed off happily down a big fat …
By Vinos Ambiz, http://vinosambiz.blogspot.com/
150 de-labelled green bottles
The weather has been so bad recently, ie raining a lot, that we haven`t been able to finish pruning the vines, it’s so muddy underfoot. It really must stop raining soon, as it’s getting rather late in the year. The local folklore here says that you should have your pruning …
By Luke Tyler
The 130 year old basket presses are getting a real work out
The cellar crew are busier than a one armed window washer after a sand storm. We have received almost half of the grapes we will process this year, …
By Callie Coetzee, Viticulturist at SAAM
Growing conditions
We had a great winter with an above average rainfall in our area. The rain came almost every second week and continued until the middle of November 2009.
From the middle of November until we started to harvest, we had little or no rain. These conditions are great for healthy ripening of our grapes.
Our harvest started …
By Denise Medrano, http://winesleuth.wordpress.com/
I’m so tired of wine being exclusive. I’m so bored of the London scene. Why can’t us Gorillas have some of the action?
I love wine and I think I understand it, so I sent a message out to fellow wine lovers.
“Join me by the river to explore and enjoy good wine.”
We had fun. We had wine. You saw what …
