Date: Wed 16th Sept at Cape Wine 2015
Venue: Room 2.41 – 2.43
Date: Wed 16 Sept 2015
Time: 9h30 – 10h30
Chair/Speaker:
Rosa Kruger, Viticulturist
Speakers:
Nico Spreeth, CEO of Vititec
Stephan Joubert, DGB Group Viticulturist
Eben Sadie, Winemaker
Braham Oberholzer
Speaker Profiles
Rosa Kruger
Rosa Kruger is a vineyard
manager who is passionate about the preservation of the old vineyards of
South Africa. She has traveled extensively over the last 15 years to
some of the best vineyards (and tasting their wines) in the world. Rosa
works closely with various winemakers in matching variety to site. She
then also manages these vineyards in close relationship with the farmers
of the land.
Nico Spreeth
CEO of Vititec (Pty) Ltd
Stephan Joubert
As DGB group viticulturist
Stephan Joubert is responsible for ensuring the award winning winemaking
team is supplied with grapes of exceptional quality. In managing all
grower relations and grape buying throughout the Western Cape, he is
accountable for all logistics of grape intake ensuring all the grapes
are picked at optimum ripeness.
“My focus is to manage wine
flavour in the vineyard and then to focus my expertise on understanding
all the terroir influences so that I can source the best grapes from
South Africa’s best vineyards. They say wine ‘is made in the vineyard’
and getting to work with grapes from great sites across the Western Cape
is an absolute privilege.”
Eben Sadie
I have been producing wines
since 1994 and intent to do so for quite some time still. Owner and
producer of the Sadie Family Wines in the Swartland region. Policy: The
land we farm today we are borrowing from our children.
Braham Oberholzer
He started his career in the
Department of Agriculture as soil science researcher in 1990 where he
obtained a Masters degree in Soil Science and Plant Nutrition at the
University of Pretoria. He joined the Elsenburg Agricultural College
near Stellenbosch in 1997 as soil science and environmental lecturer up
to 2004 when he joined VinPro.
Braham’s attention and studies over the years were focused on
surveying soils, the nutritional management thereof as well as
evaluating soil preparations, which he considers as one of the most
critical viticultural practices for sustainable / profitable
winegrowing. With Winetech funding he also published Soil Association
books called Catena for 5 mayor viticultural areas in the Western Cape.