New Web Hosting Pioneer Emerges, Offering Affordable Hosting Solutions Coupled with…As the country celebrates 365 years of winemaking, award-winning wine writer Malu Lambert asks what forces are shaping the future of South Africa’s wine industry, which is evolving exponentially through ongoing innovations, inclusivity and socioeconomic programmes, as well as a commitment to sustainability.
More recently, in 2016, Krone released South Africa’s first site-specific Cap Classique, from the iconic Kaaimansgat vineyard. Two more bottlings have now joined the Site-Specific Series, which comprises a vineyard from the Ceres Plateau as well as a special block on Twee Jonge Gezellen. Winemaker Barbara Melck has whole-heartedly embraced the movement. “We know we are only custodians of the land and regenerative farming is a way to farm for the future. You look differently at problems. You look for natural solutions.” An example of this she says is the waste material of the skins, pips and stems of the grapes, which is ‘normally a headache for a cellar to dispose of’. “We feed it to our cattle,” she enthuses, “… it goes back into the circular system.
Ratcliffe says this new technology will be open-sourced to the industry at large, in a bid to help other wineries use the system to mitigate water scarcity, as well as the ongoing load shedding and the impact that has on farmers’ crops. Stellenbosch is also the home of South Africa’s very own variety, pinotage. Its champion, Beyers Truter of Beyerskloof, formed the Pinotage Association in 1995, followed by the Absa Top 10 Pinotage Competition. ‘Since then there has been enormous growth in quality,’ he says. ‘Pinotage has transformed from an everyday drinking wine to a world player. These days, pinotage winemakers are in sync with their terroirs.
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