AGRICULTURE NEWS - South Africa’s 2020 wine grape harvest is expected to be slightly larger than in 2019, but still smaller than the average wine grape crop over the past five years, according to Vinpro’s first crop estimate for the season.
In 2019, 1,24 million tons of wine grapes were harvested, while the average for the past five years was 1,36 million tons.
According to Conrad Schutte, consultation service manager at Vinpro, in the 40- to 60-day period until harvesting commenced, the grapes would still develop and ripen, depending on the cultivar and the wine-making goal.
He added that environmental conditions and management inputs would also have a substantial impact on the final quality and size of the harvest.
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