The harvest in South Africa began early this year. The growing season was dry and the producers had very little problems with diseases and rot. They could harvest beautiful and healthy grapes. Most of them are pleased with both the quality and the quantity. There are even voices saying that this will be an exceptional vintage. The harvest in Stellenbosch was somewhat smaller than last year, and is widely regarded as the best in many years.
The harvest in 2015 in South Africa is estimated at 11.6 million hectolitres. But that does not mean that all this becomes wine. South Africa is a major producer of both grape juice and brandy and the two categories are included in the figures. In 2014, 81.5% of the harvest became wine, 4.1% wine for brandy, 11% went to other distillates and 3.4% was sold as grape juice and grape juice concentrate.
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Even if winter is far away now it will come. Forget winter and discover instead South Africa’s top wines and exciting gastronomy on a wine tour, in the middle of winter in March, but in warm summer weather in South Africa, with BKWine. You will travel with both Britt and Per.
