Despite the smaller crop, wine enthusiasts can expect good-quality wines from the 2019 vintage
DRY WHITES: Workers harvest grapes at the La Motte wine farm in Franschhoek in January 2016. Picture: REUTERS
Sawis says the wine grape crop is estimated at 1,225,620 tonnes. Although only 1.4% smaller than last year, the crop has shrunk for the second consecutive year and 2019 represents a record low since 2005 when 1,171,632 tonnes were harvested. Francois Viljoen, viticultural consultation service manager at Vinpro, said on Monday it had been a trying year for local wine grape producers and wineries.
He said although most regions received good rainfall during the season, the after-effects of the preceding three year drought was still visible and vineyards and soils will take some time to recover. “The drought was still lingering during the post-harvest period, which meant many producers couldn’t apply crucial post-harvest irrigation.
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