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Industry Reality: Bread & Wine: What it takes to grow a glass of wine (Part Three)
ClimateWine industry series
Retired farmer Johan Simons shares his experience on the challenges of growing a glass of wine.
Simons and his wife Diana bought a farm in the Paardeberg near Malmesbury in the late 1990s, where he applied his molecular biology background to farming.
- This is the third in a six-part series.
- Read Part One here and Part Two here.Johan Simons still looks at vineyards like a farmer, although he’s relieved not to be one any more.In the late 1990s he and his wife Diana pooled with friends to buy a farm in the Paardeberg near Malmesbury.
- As a trained molecular biologist, Johan understood organisms at the level of cells, yeasts and genes.
Key Takeaways
- Johan Simons is a retired farmer with a background in molecular biology.
- The farm taught Simons about the challenges of nature and debt.
- Simons' experience is part of a six-part series on the wine industry.
- The series explores the realities of growing a glass of wine.
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Expected Outcomes
- The series will continue to explore the challenges of the wine industry.
Why It Matters
Understanding the realities of growing a glass of wine can inform consumers and producers alike.
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- Sep 9Daily Maverick (ZA): Retired farmer Johan Simons explains why the old joke still holds: to make a small fortune from wine, begin with a large one. What follows i
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