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Monday, 29 July, 2019

Croatian Matie student organises tasting of his motherland’s wines

The first-ever wine tasting event of Croatian wines in South Africa was held at Stellenbosch University’s Department of Viticulture and Oenology recently. The evening was made possible through the initiative of Matija Lesković (27) a Croatian student who has been working towards his doctorate in oenology at Stellenbosch University since mid-2018.

Matija Lesković

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Tuesday, 18 September, 2018

Winetech and Launchlab Presents the SA Wine Industry Innovation Challenge

Winetech, together with the LaunchLab and the Faculty of AgriSciences, Stellenbosch University, are inviting business pitches for their first Wine Industry Innovation Challenge.

Albert Strever

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Wednesday, 29 August, 2018

Inline to online - phenolic measurements made easy

STELLENBOSCH - A research team at the DVO consisting of Dr Jose Luis Aleixandre-Tudo, Dr Hélène Nieuwoudt and Professor Wessel du Toit is one step closer to simplification of grape phenolic measurements.

Jose Luis Aleixandre Tudo

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Wednesday, 29 August, 2018

Clean sweep for female scientists at Women in Science Awards

Congratulations to Dr Evodia Setati, from the Department of Viticulture and Oenology, Stellenbosch University, for winning the Distinguished Women Scientist award from the national Department of Science and Technology in the category Natural and Engineering Sciences.

Evodia Setati

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Monday, 27 August, 2018

New irrigation book – valuable resource for wine grape growers

The answer to all your irrigation questions - the new book written by Dr Philip Myburgh, a project initiated by the Institute for Grape and Wine Sciences.

Lucinda Heynes

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Friday, 24 August, 2018

Students Shaping up in the annual Felco pruning competition at La Motte

The International FELCO conference is currently underway in South Africa, coinciding perfectly with the intervarsity pruning competition held on the 22 August 2018 at La Motte. Stellenbosch University, Elsenberg and CPUT students once again competed for the top pruning prizes. Here's what Jenna Higgins, a final year student from Stellenbosch University had to say about the day:

Jenna Higgins

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Wednesday, 1 August, 2018

Meet Tshepo Mokonotela

Taking a fresh look at how young how people perceive sparkling wine.

Tshepo Mokonotela

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Tuesday, 31 July, 2018

Department of Viticulture and Oenology hosts Brettanomyces short course

On 19 July the Department of Viticulture and Oenology hosted its first official Brettanomyces short course.

Bernard Mocke

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Tuesday, 22 May, 2018

South African Chenin blanc

Examining the sensory attributes associated with the fresher and in richer wine styles of South African Chenin blanc wines.

Dr HH Nieuwoudt

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Thursday, 17 May, 2018

Vine Roots Book Launched

‘Viable viticulture necessitates scientific farming with roots and sunlight’, were the opening words of Eben Archer at the launch of the new Vine Roots book, written by Eben Archer and Dawid Saayman.

Lucinda Heyns

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Thursday, 10 May, 2018

SU celebrating five years of learning partnerships, talent and success with PYDA!

Stellenbosch University, through the Department of Viticulture and Oenology (DVO) and the Institute for Grape and Wine Sciences (IGWS) are celebrating nine years of engagement and five years of teaching and learning with the Pinotage Youth Development Academy this year.

Marianne McKay

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Thursday, 10 May, 2018

Chenin blanc: the not so neutral, “neutral” variety

South African (SA) researchers have discovered that SA Chenin blancs contain significant amounts of volatile thiols, which are positive flavour active compounds, traditionally associated with Sauvignon blanc.

Karien O’Kennedy

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Thursday, 10 May, 2018

Breathe a sigh of relief: Fewer fires (so far) mean less smoke taint in our 2018 wines

… But that doesn’t mean the problem is over!

Nongcebo Langa

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