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| 2010 |
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Rustenberg Wines Challenge Cup
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...
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Rustenberg 2010 Harvest Newsletter
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 cellarā¦.
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Winelands Economics 101
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 incentiveā¦.
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The Pumpover Challenge
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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New Members of the Family
Simon Barlow and Dave Hutton introduce us to latest members of the Rustenberg family, due to arrive towards the end of the year....
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Conversation with Nico Walters - Part 1
Viticulturist Nico Walters talks to Dave Hutton about the components comprising the decision of when to pick the grapes...
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Conversation with Nico Walters - Part 2
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...
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Rustenberg Shift Leaders
Each day of the harvest, the instructions from Randolph in the cellar are relayed to the teams in the vineyards via the Foreman Grant and the individual Shift Leaders. This vital communication link ensures that only the best quality grapes are delivered from the vineyard to the cellar....
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Conversation with Nombeliso Ngandwa
Once again Dave Hutton catches up with Nombeliso and her team in the vineyard as they are bringing in the Grenache Blanc in 40 degree heat...the always entertaining Nombeliso gives Dave some insights into how they all survive the heat...
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| 2009 |
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Annual Staff Christmas Outing & Awards - 2009
The entire Rustenberg team joined Simon Barlow and his family for a day out in Cape Town to hand out long-service awards. After a tour of Cape Town in a topless double-decker bus, Simon and his son Murray handed out the awards on the slopes of Signal Hill, with Table Mountain as a backdrop and views of Robben Island, Table Bay, and the new Green Point Stadium (for next years' FIFA World Cup)...
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2009 Newsletter (7:20)
With 2009 drawing to a close, Marketing Manager Dave Hutton takes a trip around the farm to take a look at what is being done to get ther farm ready for the 2010 harvest...
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CLOSER TO THE SUBJECT: Caputuring Sunlight (5:24)
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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CLOSER TO THE SUBJECT: The Vine Food Factory (5:54)
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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CLOSER TO THE SUBJECT: Irrigation and Water (5:36)
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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| 2008 |
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Episode 5 (02:13)
Randolph talks to Dave about the Red Wines in tank for the 2008 vintage, and gives some insight into the magnitude of the decisions that now must be taken...
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Episode 4 (02:25)
Flavours and wine colour start to get the cellar team all excited while Randolph prefers to remain in the background for now, obviously finely crafting his talk for the day we eventually get him to sit / stand still and tell us all about the first harvest at Rustenberg under his control.
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Episode 3 (02:31)
Acids in the Merlot, Murray working in the cellar, Randolph coping with the pressure, and another vintage like '99...all in a days' work for Dave, Simon and the team.
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Episode 2 (02:17)
Mother Nature dictates so we jump, so picking is in full swing and Easter break will have to wait - but, we're having fun!!
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Episode 1 (02:23)
Dave and Nico talk to us in the vineyard...on the SUNNY side of the vines, and explain why some grapes get sunburt and others don't...
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| 2007 |
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Episode 12 (02:10)
Head of Production Randolph takes David and Simon through a tasting of the 2007 John X Merriman components, and explains how his three-year-old grandson lets him know when it is time to pick the grapes...
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Episode 11 (02:22)
The cellar team from Noitgetacht talk to David Hutton and Simon Barlow about the 2007 Sauvignon Blanc...
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Episode 10 (02:12)
The 2007 harvest has been thru the cellar and the first Sauvignon Blanc is coming off the bottling line. In part 1 of this Harvest Wrap-up, Dave Hutton speaks to the viticultural team about the 2007 vintage, and looks forward to 2008...
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Episode 9 (02:01)
In this episode Miriam Magwa takes us through a "Rack-and-Return" pumpover, explaining the reason behind this (four times) daily harvest ritual in the cellar...
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Episode 5 (01:57)
With the rain keeping the red varietals in the vineyard we catch up with assistant winemaker Randolph Christians....
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Episode 4 (01:49)
Meet Nombeliso Ngandwa, a supervisor in the vineyards at Rustenberg....
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