Jaco Engelbrecht

Viticulture, GIS, wine, nature and mountain biking! (All photos are property of unless otherwise stated) Views are my own.

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@jamiegoode @CalifWines_US Looks like Flame Tokay

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@jamiegoode @ADHalliwell With all that scutch/bermuda grass there might not be any vines left in the future... there is a difference between organics/regenerative farming by design or by neglect...

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@ZAVineHugger Ek hoor jou. Ek sal graag saam met jou n paar goed wil toets. Dis sal vir my goed wees om julle goed te meet. Dalk doen julle iets anders en beter as die res van ons!

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@ZAVineHugger Johan, wat is julle soute (Kalium en Natrium) en die weerstand? Ek sien bitter slegte kompos in die mark. Almal dink kompos is goed, maar as die chemie nie goed is nie kan mens meer skade doen. Veral met die verbrakking agv die droogte

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@bosmanwinemaker Waar is dit Corlea? Sal graag n draai wil maak

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@Tractor_Tread We see many like these on Durif in South Africa!

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Came home today from Europe. This was the first thing I saw at Cape Town International. I was so ashamed. Is this really what we want the first impression to be for tourists coming into our wonderful winelands??

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@elonmusk Since SpaceX has so many satellites in orbit, how about getting a high resolution multi spectral camera up there so we can use it in agriculture for high resolution NDVI's on an open platform, much like the Sentinel 2 data, but better. How about that?

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If you happen to drive on the R304 or R44 coming into Stellenbosch or leaving, you will have seen this coming to life...
https://t.co/VOfP5yWCRY

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A lot of new projects set up for 2021. I'll try and document them as we get going. Click the link to start reading: https://t.co/vQF8zgJwkN

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@Christina_SvR I know the feeling. Even my clients take my photos, pass them on to every and anyone, and I see these photos credited to them in magazines and articles! Im always like WTF.

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@RicoBasson @WineLandSA @Vinpro_za Rico, when are you guys going to straighten your backs? As you've seen with the taxi industry, this is how South Africa works. Time to step up

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@Vodacom This has been going on for more than a week now. They send a port confirmation, the next morning they cancel. What is going on in your port department???

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I've been trying to port my number from MTN to @Vodacom for 6 days now. Every day I get a sms that my number will be ported, every morning I get a message it has been cancelled. I've been to the Vodacom shop 6 times now and even they are fed up with the porting department. Help?

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@DaveMarchCWM Winemakers pick earlier. Perception of consumer drive? The reality is that most vineyards aren't farmed for lower sugars and you can pick it up in most of these wines. Some get it right though

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@BathVines Glyphosate damage. If you didnt spray, check for nematodes👍🏻

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If you missed it, check out our #GIS talk with @dylgrigg and @gusgluck on youtube: https://t.co/PgQjOmgt6O

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@Blackwaterwine Dis insane! Laas naweek het ek gevoel of ek in die stand van n F1 race is! Geen polisie, maar surfers word gejag...

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@colyntruter That might be true, as Red Muscadel is a mutation of White. Through years of Massal selection we have stable Red Muscadel. But then again, we have Semillon Gris mutations in Semillon vineyards and aren't allowed to mention both on the label, same with Grenache and Pinot...

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I wonder how this wine got through the board.. Labeled as both Muscat de Frontignan (White Muscadel) and Red Muscadel (totally different varieties in SA, both having its own clones and material), and then as "Single Vineyard"... makes one wonder