Harvest and Sales Estimate - November 2011
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Grape and Wine Crop - November 2011
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Harvest and Sales Estimate - August 2011
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Grape and Wine Crop - August 2011
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2011 Vintage surprises despite climate challenges
The judging of the 2011 Young Wine Show, South Africa's biggest and oldest wine competition for wines from the current vintage, has been completed and the results of this authoritative contest will be announced on the 19th of August in Lamberts Bay.

Douglas Green: a harvest with a happy ending
Douglas Green's Oenologist, Jaco Potgieter says that "2011 has been an interesting year with some expected surprises, I think we have a lot to look forward to from 2011."

Brampton 2011 Harvest Report
Brampton's top ten traits of 2011 Vintage.

Franschhoek Cellar Harvest Report 2011
A Vintage in the Franschhoek Valley - "There are some that felt the frantic pace of the 2011 vintage more than others," says Richard Duckitt, Franschhoek Cellar winemaker. "Here at Franschhoek Cellar synchronized teamwork, talent and experience by our dedicated cellar team made this year slide by in smooth finely tuned style."

Harvest and Sales Estimate - April 2011
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South African Wine: Harvest Report 2011 by VinPro Consultation Service
Crop level maintained despite climatic challenges

Grape and Wine Crop - April 2011
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Teddy Hall's post harvest overview
On the 10th of March I reported: Most grapes in by now. The grapes are healthy with bunches and grapes slightly smaller than average, leading to a bit smaller crop. Rain stayed away during harvesting days making it an easy harvest.

2011 Klein Constantia Harvest Report
The rains so typical of Cape winters never really fell last year, and this non-event largely defined the character of the 2011 harvest. With soil water levels at an all time low, our vines really struggled to show significant growth, and concomitant yields were our smallest on record.

2011 Harvest Report
by Bruce Jack for the Cape Winemakers Guild

Vintage holds promise despite hardest harvest in living memory
"Short, sharp and brutal," is the way Erhard Wolf, Distell's chief grape and wine buyer, has described the 2011 Cape vintage. "Fortunately quality has not been compromised but from a logistical point of view, this has been an exceptionally difficult year. We have seen generally outstanding red and mostly good white grapes delivered to the cellars, despite setbacks brought on by very demanding weather conditions.

Grape and Wine Crop - March 2011
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Harvest and Sales Estimate - March 2011
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Swartland Winery harvest release
Swartland harvest contributes to change of career.

Orange River wine region picks itself up after devastating floods
The worst flooding in 23 years caused major destruction in the Orange River Wine Region this year, with over 800 hectares of vineyard being totally submerged under water when the Orange River broke its banks in January and February.

Chenin Blanc Harvest at Raats Family Wines
This is by far the earliest we have harvested Chenin Blanc in the last 10 vintages.

The Harvest: hot from the press @ Solms-Delta
This is it. The time that all the wine farmers have been waiting for. The gathering of the grapes and the pressing of the harvest.

2011-Wyndruiwe-oes sal kleiner wees
Die 2011-oes sal na verwagting ongeveer 0.3% kleiner as die 2010-oes wees. Dit word tans op 1 255 561 ton geraam na aanleiding van opnames wat middel Februarie deur produsentekelders en wingerdkundiges in die onderskeie streke gedoen is.

2011 Wine grape harvest will be smaller
The 2011 crop is currently estimated to amount to 1 255 561 tons. According to surveys in mid-February by producer cellars and viticulturists in the various regions, the crop will be approximately 0.3% smaller than the 2010 harvest.

Grape and Wine Crop - February 2011
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Harvest and Sales Estimate - February 2011
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Douglas Green picks the best during 2011 Harvest
An early summer heat-wave that hit the Western Cape winelands at just the right time played a major role in the outlook for this year's grape harvest.

Klawer Harvest Report : Week 2
According to Klawer Wine Cellars viticulturist, MG Van der Westhuizen, the producers expect, compared with previous years, a larger Chenin Blanc and Colombar harvest. The production of Pinotage is down, but the quality is very promising.

Grape and Wine Crop - January 2011
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Harvest and Sales Estimate - January 2011
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Harvest - feel the buzz
Harvest is a special time in the winelands. The excitement of a new vintage hangs in the air as you drive by wineries, get the smell of fermenting grapes and get stuck behind tractors with trailors filled to the brim with grapes.

Klawer Wine Cellars 2011 Harvest Report
According to our Production Manager/Winemaker, Hermias Hugo, many questions were asked after the strong rainfalls during December 2010 and early heat in January 2011.

Adoro harvest begins
Harvest began at Adoro Wines with the Stellenbosch Sauvignon Blanc arriving a week earlier than vintage 2010, on Tuesday 25 January.

De Wetshof's bubbly harvest in the bag
De Wetshof winemakers Peter de Wet and Mervyn Williams were left no time to recover from the New Year's jollifications since harvesting had to commence in the second week of 2011.

Angels Tears celebrates the start of harvest
The harvesting of the new vintage Angels Tears Sauvignon Blanc 2011 started on Friday 27 January amidst the bustle of activity in the vineyard where repair work on the outside wall is currently underway after the tree felling in December.

Grande Provence gets ready for harvest
This week sees Grande Provence winemaker Jaco Marais and his team take on the 2011 harvest.

Sparkling harvest kicks off at Simonsig Estate
Simonsig Estate is one of the first wine estates in the Stellenbosch region to welcome the 2011 harvest.

2011 Wine Grape Crop - bigger than 2010 in all districts, except Orange River
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