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Rustenberg Wines Challenge Cup

July 15th, 2010 admin No comments

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Its World Cup Fever in South Africa and Rustenberg Wines have teamed up with the Starfish Great Hearts Foundation and a group of Scottish Samaritans, led by Colin Perry, who are taking underprivliged children to World Cup Games in South Africa, as well as organising a 5-a-side soccer tournament …

Rustenberg: Conversation with Nico Walters – Part 2

May 4th, 2010 admin 1 comment

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Viticulturist Nico Walters and Dave Hutton talk about the concept of “hang time” on the vines and why the “units of sunshine” available to the grapes of Rustenberg help create the high quality expected of Rustenberg wines…

Rustenberg: Conversation with Nico Walters – Part 1

May 4th, 2010 admin No comments

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Viticulturist Nico Walters talks to Dave Hutton about the components comprising the decision of when to pick the grapes…

Rustenberg 2010 – New Members of the Family

April 28th, 2010 admin No comments

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Simon Barlow and Dave Hutton introduce us to the latest members of the Rustenberg family, due to arrive towards the end of the year….

Rustenberg 2010 – The Pumpover Challenge

April 15th, 2010 admin 1 comment

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Production Manager Randolph Christians talks to us about the 2010 pumpover schedule and how what happens to the yeast, grapes and juice during the different phases of fermentation….

Rustenberg 2010 – Winelands Economics 101

March 27th, 2010 admin No comments

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Simon and David get together in the vineyard and have a chat about the economics of running a wine farm and how most accountants will tell you to run a mile rather than start a winery. But for Simon the excitement of delivering the finished bottles of wine to consumers around the world is an attractive incentive….

Rustenberg 2010 Harvest Newsletter

March 25th, 2010 admin No comments

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Dave Hutton takes us around the farm and catches up with Randolph, Nico, Simon, and the team as they work around the clock in the late summer heat in order to get the grapes safely into the cellar….

Irrigation and Water – Conversation with Nico Walters

February 4th, 2010 admin No comments


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Dave Hutton talks to Viticulturist Nico Walters about the importance of water in the vineyards, and when you want to make the vines “happy” and when you want them “not so happy”…Nico also talks about the importance of the vineyard workers to the final quality of the wine, and finally Dave takes a look at the level of one of the eleven dams on the farm…

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The Vine Food Factory – Conversation with Nico Walters

December 14th, 2009 admin No comments

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Viticulturist Nico Walters talks to Dave Hutton about how the team at Rustenberg combat wind damage in the vines, how many times they will move thru the vineyards to get the vines ready for harvest, and how to enhance the quality by managing the bunches…

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Capturing Sunlight – Conversation with Nico Walters

December 10th, 2009 admin No comments

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Dig deeper into the conversation with Viticulturist Nico Walters and Dave Hutton as Nico explains what it means to “capture sunlight” and the amount of work required…

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