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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors wish to express their sincere appreciation to the following persons and organisations for their help and support in publishing this book. – The South African Wine Industry through Winetech, as well as the South African Table Grape Industry for co-funding the writing of this book. – Villa Academy for financial support to enable the printing of hard copies of the book. – Dawid Saayman and Pieter Raath for reviewing the manuscript and their valuable suggestions to improve it. – Leopoldt van Huyssteen for writing the foreword, and fittingly so, because his pioneering research contributed significantly to this book. – The institutions and persons who supplied photographs; without them it would have been impossible to illustrate various concepts and practices. – Anel Andrag and Tarryn Wettergreen for their patience and help. – Lucinda Heyns for organising meetings and liaising with the different parties to keep to time lines. – Leandri van Heerden for the design and layout of the book.

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