Jana de Kock

I am passionate about winemaking and the industry. I am a hard worker and have the ability to learn new things with ease. My goal is to become a winemaker who creates top quality wines. I enjoy challenges and thrive in situations where I am pushed out of my comfort zone, especially when there’s knowledge or experience to gain. 

• Grape sampling
• General cleaning practices, including tanks, press and barrels.
• BRIX with Hydrometer, Refractometer, and Anton Par pH, TA, and SO2
  pH and Ta of Juice to assist the winemaker with any Acid adjustment
• Offloading of Grapes with strict additions according to winemaker specification and worksheet.
• Racking of Juice pre-fermentation
• Adding settling additives to white must.
• Racking of settled or Flotation juice.
• Balling and temperature measurements (morning and evening) of all fermentation tanks to decide on nutrition additions according to the YAN of the fermenting wine.
• Yeast re-hydration and addition according to the strict re-hydration process.
• Malolactic bacteria inoculations and drawing of samples weekly to follow the Malolactic fermentation.
• Filling and racking of Barrels.
• Keeping Punch down and Pump-over schedule according to the fermentation.
• Leading and Assisting the Punch down and Pump-over team.
• Racking of Red wine post-fermentation.
• Pressing of Red skins post-fermentation
• Racking of Red wine after Malolactic fermentation. SO2 adjustment according to the winemaker worksheet.
• Preparing barrels for filling. Filling Barrels before storage.
• Drawing of samples.
• Tasting of wine with Cellar master
• Making of own Red wine on a small scale (1-ton ferments)
• Mobile bottling: Preparing wine, measuring Dissolved Oxygen in the wine and on the line.
• Measuring fill height, Ullage pressure, and cork depth according to bottling Temperature.

I obtained my degree in Bsc Agric Viticulture and Oenology in 2022 from Stellenbosch University. I also completed a wine evaluation course through the university.