PRE-CONVENTION
Geological and Social Day Trip 1
sold out
Cape Terroir
- Date, Time:
- Saturday, 25 October, 09:00 – 17:00
(departs from and returns to the Cape Town International Convention Centre) - Leaders:
- John Wooldridge (ARC Infruitec – Nietvoorbij, Stellenbosch, South Africa) and
Jean Malan (New Age [African Global Energy], Johannesburg, South Africa) - Fee:
- sold out
- Includes:
- Transportation by bus, visits to five wine cellars, all tastings and vintner’s lunch, water and juices
- Limit:
- Maximum 42; Minimum 28
Photo courtesy of Phillip Olivier.This day trip explores two Cape wine regions, Durbanville and Stellenbosch. The Tyger or Leopard Hill’s stop has a panoramic overview of the Coastal wine region, Atlantic Ocean, Robben Island and the Cape Peninsula. Terroir and linkage to geology are presented during visits to several wine estates and cellars. Sampled will include Cabernet Sauvignon, Merolt, Sauvignon blanc and the uniquely Cape Pinotage wines from vines rooted in terroirs of the Simosberg and Helderberg wards on the foothills of mountains sheltering the Stellenbosch wine valley.
This Sauvignon blanc vineyard on the estate Thelema is located on a saddle of high ground that links Simonsberg (photo) to the Jonkershoekberge on the western margin of the Cape Fold Mountain Belt. The precipitous, weathering-resistant sandstones that form the upper part of Simonsberg rest on an older landscape composed of Malmesbury sediments and Cape granite. The gravelly vineyard soil consists of a mixture of gravity-transported sandstone fragments and weathered granite and owes its red colour to intense weathering under humid conditions during the early Miocene or possibly earlier, toward the culmination of the African cycle.
Please note that the Geological and Social Day Trips may be of interest to guests.
Important Notes Regarding Field Trips and Geological and Social Day Trips
- Field trips are limited in size and are reserved on a first-come, first-served basis and must be accompanied by full payment.
- If you register for a field triponly, a $30 fee will be charged in addition to the field trip fee. This fee may be applied toward registration if you decide to attend the conference.
- A wait list is automatically created if a field trip sells out. The AAPG Convention Department will notify you if space becomes available. Undersubscribed field trips will be cancelled.
- Before purchasing non-refundable airline tickets, confirm that the trip will take place.
- It is important that you note your gender on your registration form for hotel room assignments.
- Several weeks prior to the trip, you will receive an itinerary with details of meeting points, transportation within the trip, phone and fax numbers and email addresses of hotels and trip leaders, etc. Please indicate your fax and email on your registration.
- Proper clothing and supplies are needed for the outdoors (hat, wind breaker, sturdy footware, sunscreen and rucksack).
- If any field trips are likely to meet your needs or the needs of your staff, you are encouraged to register early.
- To help us better anticipate the number of attendees and avoid premature cancellation of field trips, please register well before 12 August.
- Neither AAPG, GSSA nor trip leaders maintain insurance covering illness or injury for individuals.