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Learn more about my new book telling all about Pinotage and read sample pages at
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 Fascinating historical document on viticulture for wine and table grapes, wine and brandy making.
Italy?
ReplyDeleteHi Douglas
ReplyDeleteNo, not Italy...
Australia - Victoria?
ReplyDeleteGood guess, Colin. Oz nurseries have Pinotage vines for sale but I don't know of anyone growing it yet. So, its not in Oz.
ReplyDeleteOn the North island of New Zealand?
ReplyDeleteHi Colin
ReplyDeleteIt could be because they make excellent Pinotage in New Zealand, but this vineyard is not there.
This vineyard is in a place that has never grown Pinotage before
I was just up in Canada and had some Pinotage at the Hillside Estates winery. Could the picture be from there?
ReplyDeleteHi Teri
ReplyDeleteGood guess -- right continent, but wrong country. I've never tasted Canadian Pinotage but there are several wines made in BC now, and a young vineyard in Ontario.
North Carolina
ReplyDeleteNever would have guessed NC in a million years..............
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