Wessel Du Toit

love teaching others about wine. Prof in Oenology at Stellenbosch University

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View from my hotel near lake geneva. Some young vines

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White vitovska wune in barrel with whole berries. Stoka teran in slovenia

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With klemen lisjak my good slovenian friend

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Vertical tasting of sauvignon blanc in friuli italy

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Enjoying some octopus with lasko, local beer here in slovenia

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Wine can contain 0 to around 7 mg per litre oxygen depending on a number of factors such as temperature, equipment used and production stage

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Bottles waiting to be used for a major research project on oxygen in chenin blanc wine

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Bottling wine at the wine making short course I am presenting this weekend

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Attended the 1st cabernet sauvignon associations workshop. Tasted some great cabs blind, was hard to assess origin

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Presented a wine tasting and presentation to croydon vineyard estate last night

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Presenting pinotage and its parents tasting thursday night to croydon vineyard estate. Got some great wines of these fascinating cultivars

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Try to attend the intern. sasev wine conference in Aug 2016 in somerset west. My post grad students will present many wine research topics

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Tasted last night a verdicchio wine. Was 10 years on the lees. Rare and spectacular

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Pressed cabernet today, last of 2016 vintage. Left it on the skins for 5 weeks. Nice tobacco notes on the nose!

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Winemakers out there. Contact me if you want to be calibrated in terms of astringency and wine ageing potential [email protected]

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Giving a faulty wine tasting class with the cape wine academy

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Tannat. Not often found on its own due to high tannins, hence the name. Not this, not too astringent good food wine

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Looking at vineyards for a leaf roll virus project

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wine barrels breathe! About 12 mgO2/L/ year comes in contact with wine in new barrel. Grain plays no role, but more in USA wood than french