VinPro - For Cape Wine Producers

With renewed challenges facing the wine industry, specialists once again gave an overview of the wine industry’s prospects in 2010.

Download the presentations below.

• Agenda

• Economic outlook for 2010 - Nicky Weimar, Nedbank

• Developing markets: the risks and rewards - Craig Stewart, KWV

• Overview of the SA wine market - Elias Holtzkampf, Distell

• Political and economic challenges facing SA agriculture - Dr Roelof Botha

• Guest Speaker - Minister Gerrit van Rensburg (Western Cape Dept of Agric)

• Financial situation of SA wine producers - Gert van Wyk, VinPro

• Utilisation of pooled intelligence to increase profitability - Christo Spies, WineMS

• Application of GIS technology to increase profitability - Heinrich Schloms, VinPro

• Seasonal overview and harvest expectations 2010 - Francois Viljoen, VinPro

2010-04-29 | Paarl Information Day - April 2010
A VinPro Information Day was held on 15 April 2010 in Paarl as part of Agri Cape Week.

The theme of the VinPro Day is "From the Soil to the Glass". Download presentations below, or contact Lee-Anne Morris at 021-807 3267 or e-mail: morris@vinpro.co.za.

• Internationally acclaimed wines - biologically produced! - Duncan Savage, Cape Point Vineyards

• Compost for biologically friendly production - Prof Barbara von Wechmar, Senior Research associate IWBT, US

• The use of Mychorriza in the vineyard/fruit industry - Dr Marianne Venter, Biocult

• The role of humc and fulvic acids, EM and Biochar in biological farming - Dr Louis de Lange, Humefert

For more information contact Elsabé Ferreira at tel (021) 807 3104, or e-mail ferreira@vinpro.co.za.