Grape and Wine Crop - August 2010
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Harvest & Sales Estimate - August 2010
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Harvest Report 2010
Tricky in the vineyard, great in the cellar. Provided by Sawis, in collaboration with VinPro Consultation Service, with additional research by Romi Boom and Angela Lloyd.

Oesverslag 2010
In die wingerd, ʼn moeilike oesjaar - in die kelder, ʼn uitstekende oesjaar vir gehalte. Verskaf deur Sawis, in samewerking met VinPro Konsultasiediens. Bykomende navorsing deur Romi Boom en Angela Lloyd.

Harvest and Sales Estimate - April 2010
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Grape and Wine Crop - April 2010
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Ken Forrester Vineyards Harvest News
When we tasted the free run juice of our 2010 Chenin Blanc it was oozing fruit and charm.

2010: A superior harvest for Delheim
Despite devastating yield, Delheim expect 2010 vintage is going to be a superior one.

Boschendal rises to the challenge of harvest 2010
Somehow, new decades are always met with heightened expectation, perhaps none more so than 2010, as the long anticipated Soccer World Cup has finally arrived for South Africa.

Tough 2010 harvest but some stand-out wines expected, says Distell
Spring rains, severe southeast winds, unseasonal hail that preceded this year's ripening season and a 10-day summer heat wave made the 2010 harvest one of the most labour-intensive and logistically demanding vintages in recent memory.

Klein Constantia 2010 Harvest - Small Yields, Big Quality
Vintage 2010 has been an unbelievable learning curve. From the late rains in 2009, wind during flowering in October and the double rainfall in November through to the incredibly hot, dry month of February, we knew we were going to be tested.

Franschhoek Cellar reports on 2010 harvest
The energy and excitement of harvest time is palpable in Franschhoek. Our village has been busy and bustling with harvest festivals, tractors and trucks laden with fruit and dawn picking teams bringing in the vintage. Now that the 'must' has settled on a successful harvest, our cellar is full of blossoming young wines that we can't wait to share with you.

The harvest is in
As the last trailer load of desiccated grapes was emptied into the Solms-Delta cellar on March 17, assistant winemaker Elma van Graan gave a wry smile: "The easy part is over; now starts the hard work."

Lammershoek's first harvest towards organic farming
The lead up to the 2010 harvest was a bold one - this was the first year of conversion towards organic farming. In the past we had already reduced our spraying cycle to the absolute minimum as well as not used fertilizers for a number of years. But in 2009/10 all 96ha of vineyards on Lammershoek were sprayed using only sulphur and copper and no systemic sprays to control vineyard diseases.

Bellingham Harvest Report
As Bellingham contemplate their 2010 Vintage, we take a glance back to the winter, spring and summer months of 2009 to track the unique circumstances of nature that rendered a much smaller crop, but with interesting and somewhat promising potential.

Quick harvest report from Slaley
The harvest went by so quickly that when people ask me "How is the harvest?" my response is "what harvest?" All the grapes were brought in by Thursday 11 March which is about two weeks early.

Boland Cellar Harvest Report 2010
A comprehensive harvest round-up by Boland Cellars.

Vilafonte Harvest Report
The 2010 Cape Harvest was marked by three needs for success: (1) fine tuned wine growing; (2) fine tuned harvest and fermentation practices; (3) good luck - i.e. Mother Nature smiling...most of the time.

Challenging harvest brimming with concentrated fruit
A harvest of quality not quantity is the general consensus of the members of the Cape Winemakers Guild who represent cellars throughout the Cape's major wine growing regions.

Breedekloof harvest delivers fruit intensity
Cool nights and moderate daytime temperatures have created ideal conditions for the ripening of grapes and winemakers in the Breedekloof, who are about a third of the way through harvest, are very excited by the quality of the 2010 World Cup vintage.

Further decrease in wine grape harvest
The third crop estimate made by producer cellars and viticulturists in the various regions during the second week of February, shows a decrease of more than 62 000 tons compared to the January estimate.

De Wetshof Chardonnay harvest in full swing
The cellar on the De Wetshof Wine Estate is experiencing a deluge of green caviar. Looking at the shiny mass of just-picked Chardonnay grapes one can clearly see why cellar-master Danie de Wet compares the appearance of his favourite cultivar to caviar.

Oranjerivier prepares for quality and volume in Harvest 2010
Suitably dry conditions and healthy vineyards have lead to Oranjerivier Wine Cellars predicting a marked increase in volumes for this year's harvest over the relatively low-yield 2009 season. Some 145,000 tons of grapes are expected to be harvested, compared to last year's figure of 106,000 tons.

2010 Harvest under way at Van Loveren Vineyards
On Wednesday, 13 January 2010 just after 08h00 the first grapes for the 2010 harvest were received at Van Loveren Vineyards in the Robertson Valley.

Let the harvest begin ...
At last the time has arrived for the 2010 harvest to commence.

2010 Wine grape crop - smaller than 2009 in all districts, except Orange River
The 2010 wine grape crop should amount to 1 319 246 tons, according to the crop estimate by the industry (producer cellars and viticultural consultants) on 27 November 2009.

2010-wyndruiwe oes - in alle distrikte kleiner as in 2009, behalwe Oranjerivier
Die 2010-wyndruiwe-oes behoort 1 319 246 ton te beloop, volgens die bedryf (produsentekelders en wingerdkonsultante) se oesskatting van 27 November 2009.

Douglas Green Harvest 2010 - the good, the bad and the smiling
2010 has been loaded with activity for Douglas Green. We are in fact just finishing off the last of the harvest in what has been a tricky vintage for most, but has left our Oenologist, Jaco Potgieter, smiling.

Beaumont Harvest Report 2010
"Be Patient" is a reminder that dates back to Beaumont's 1998 harvest. Actually, it's an important reminder for each and every year but carries even more significance in difficult years - such as we've just had with 2010.