GEN-Z Articles

by Vititec media release | Feb 13, 2020

Vititec, the trusted producer of high quality grapevine plant material, hosted a tasting of the latest wine grape clones available to the South African wine industry on Thursday, 13 February, at the Vinpro head office in Paarl. This year, roughly 20 new and existing wine grape clones were tasted and judged by a group of winemakers, producers and selected media.

by Vinpro media release | Oct 9, 2019

Wine grape producers witnessed the performance of cover crops on different soil types in September and October thanks to the Gen-Z Vineyard Project, hosted by Vinpro. This year, the cover crop demo’s included site visits to the Swartland, Stellenbosch and Breedekloof regions.

by Vinpro media release | Sep 18, 2019

Stellenbosch University (SU) has partnered with the South African wine industry body Vinpro to drive the revival of its experimental vineyards, turning it into a world-class site for practical skills transfer. The Welgevallen/Vinpro Vineyard Project will see 4.92 ha.

by Gen Z team | Feb 1, 2019

As part of the Gen Z: Vineyard Project, 16 cover crop demo’s were established in vineyards throughout the Western Cape in 2017 and 2018. Agronomists from two seed suppliers, Agricol and Barenbrug, provided cover crop recommendations.

by traveller24 | Jan 29, 2018

The Gen-Z Vineyard Project is a big Wine Industry tech-transfer project with the main objective to empower our producers, viticulturists and winemakers with the latest information and technology to make better long- and short-term decisions in terms of their wine grape growing to become more profitable.