Practical in the cellar
Neethlingshof – a focus on knowledge development
According to legend, the French Huguenots brought the kernels of the stone pine tree to the Cape of Good Hope...
Confronting Climate Change
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Factors influencing knowledge uptake by practitioners – individual characteristics
This blog is the first in a series of four blogs that delve into the factors determining whether practitioners...
Barrel-to-barrel variation during red wine maturation
Barrels are traditionally associated with winemaking. Like stainless steel, concrete and polyethylene, it is...
The ultrasonic sanitation of barrels
The purchase cost of grapes and barrels are the two major expenses of cellars. Although it is said that wine is...
Women add value – they have the power to create, nurture and transform
In August 2022, Statistics SA confirmed that 47% of South African women are economically inactive, which means that...
The value of healthy disagreements
Thirty years ago, with a lot of head-nodding and toeing the line, the “yes-man” or “yes-woman” was the stereotype...
The pros and cons of pumping options for cellars
Pumps are one of the essential pieces of equipment in cellars because winemaking is a process of transforming...
Winetech Cellar Assistants’ Programme: Workshops for senior cellar assistants
The Winetech Cellar Assistants’ Programme will again present workshops during 2023 for senior cellar assistants in...
Winetech information days for cellar assistants
The well-known Winetech Cellar Assistant Programme hosted an information day for cellar assistants for the first...
The trend of natural winemaking
When Noah accidentally brought disgrace upon himself, experiencing that the fermentation of grape juice delivers a...
The impact of cross-flow filtration on wine filterability
Cross-flow filtration or tangential flow filtration has become popular among winemakers. It offers single-pass...
