The end of the summer months marked the end of the harvest months around the Western Cape, and it is time to now plan and look forward to the 2017/2018 wine season, and what is has in store for Perdeberg Wines.
Heinie Nel’s most important job after the harvest is to fertilize the vines and to make sure they get enough nutrients and rest in preparation for the next season. Although there are a lot of stages of fertilization, the one directly after the harvest is the most important. After this, Heinie and his team will then prepare the soil for crop cover, in a bid to fine-tune their rain dance.
Not only is Dylan Dowell-Ellis still working at full capacity, being in charge of the rackings of wines, getting the tanks full and keeping up with the momentum of all activities in and around the cellar, he is also ensuring he is up to date with all the latest techniques that he deploys in the cellar. This entails attending workshops to sharpen his knowledge about what is happening in the industry and how Perdeberg would benefit from new technologies and methodologies.
One thing that Dylan is incredibly proud of is that Perdeberg was fortunate enough to send four cellar workers on the National Certificate Winemaking NQF level 3 programme, where they will be attending class on a regular basis - and of course all this makes the Perdeberg winemaking team a force to be reckoned with.
Here is to an exceptional 2017 season!