Weening & Barge Winery
Position: Agriculture
Number of available positions: 1
Duration of internship: 10-12 weeks
Interns will be working under the guidance of Ken Nicholson, who is in charge of all the agricultural activities on the farm. Daily activities will include some basic farm administration and paperwork. Some wine sales activity will also be part of the position, and this will require taking part in wine tasting to know and the various wines produced by the farm. Other activities will include pruning, irrigation both drip and overhead. Candidates will further take part in the harvesting process and will be involved with basic repairs and maintenance on the farm and will also be able to drive the farm machinery (including tractors).
Interns will have the chance to be involved in a special project. Ken has located fallow land on the farm and the participant will take soil samples for analysis and from this soil profile, create a costing and proposal for a new crop to be grown on the land. This is an internship opportunity that will appeal to someone with a agricultural studies background. Interns are required to demonstrate the ability to improvise and get their hands dirty. The participant is aksed to have some basic knowledge of wine farming.
-a view from the Weening & Barge wine farm.
From Weening & Barge:
"Weening & Barge Winery, home to Ridgemor wines, is located in one of the prime wine areas of the Western Cape. Our wines were named after the name of the Farm - Ridgemor. Dating back to 1670, Ridgemor is one of the oldest wine farms in the area. In fact, the name "Ridgemor", which was established in 1862, derives from its original owners, Ridge and Morris.
Initially, it belonged to Zandvliet and was used as a tobacco and cattle farm, yet because the farm was located in such an idyllic position for a wine farm, it was finally transformed into the wine farm we know today. In 2003 the farm was bought by a small Dutch Family who founded Weening & Barge Winery @ Ridgemor, which is the symbol of the 360° quality of life in a bottle."
