SASEV, the South African Society for Enology and Viticulture, is the main scientific body connecting researchers and producers in South Africa's wine industry. This page explains what SASEV does, how its conferences work, and what is and is not verifiable about the specific 42nd edition referenced in this page's URL.
SASEV, founded in 1977, publishes the South African Journal of Enology and Viticulture (SAJEV) and organizes a regular congress that brings together researchers, winemakers and viticulturists to present current findings on grapevine science, winemaking and wine business topics. It operates independently of VitaGLOBAL, the EU-funded higher-education partnership this page's older URL referenced; this site covers SASEV here purely as a scientific-exchange body relevant to wine education.
What SASEV does
SASEV's core activities are its journal and its congress. SAJEV publishes peer-reviewed research on South African and international viticulture and enology topics, and is a legitimate academic source for students and researchers studying the region's wine science. The congress, held on a roughly biennial basis, gathers conference papers and posters across grapevine and wine sciences, sensory and consumer science, and market-related research, and SASEV recognizes the best paper and poster presented at each event.
The 43rd SASEV conference, for context
The most recently documented edition at the time of writing is the 43rd SASEV conference, held on 13 and 14 September 2023 at Klein Joostenberg in Stellenbosch, under the theme "Homegrown Knowledge: Exploring the Impact of Local Research on a Global Scale." Coverage of that event, published on sasev.org, highlighted local research expertise and included sessions on natural wine, consistent with SASEV's usual mix of grapevine science, winemaking and market-focused content.
On the 42nd edition and its virtual format
If a congress numbered the 43rd took place in 2023 and the society's congress runs roughly every two years, a 42nd edition would be expected to have taken place earlier, likely around 2021, a period when many conferences worldwide moved to virtual or hybrid formats because of pandemic-related restrictions. That timing is consistent with a virtual 42nd SASEV conference, but this site has not been able to independently verify the exact date or agenda of that specific edition from current public sources, and it would be inaccurate to invent details that have not been confirmed. If you need the exact programme, speakers or date for the 42nd SASEV conference, the most reliable approach is to check SASEV's own past-events archive directly on sasev.org, or contact the society, rather than relying on a secondary description.
Checklist: verifying details of a past SASEV conference
- Check sasev.org's events or past-events section first, since archived conference pages sometimes get reorganized or removed over time.
- Cross-reference with SAJEV issues from the relevant year, since conference proceedings or related papers are sometimes published there.
- Treat any conference "theme" or agenda detail you cannot find on an official SASEV page as unverified, rather than assuming it matches a later or earlier edition.
- Note the congress's approximate biennial rhythm when estimating when an undocumented edition likely occurred, while treating that as an estimate, not a confirmed date.
Comparing what is and is not verifiable here
| Detail | Status | Where to confirm |
|---|---|---|
| SASEV's general role and journal (SAJEV) | Verified, ongoing | sasev.org, SAJEV issues |
| 43rd conference date, location, theme (2023) | Verified | sasev.org past-events coverage |
| 42nd conference's virtual format | Plausible, consistent with pandemic-era timing, not independently confirmed here | sasev.org past-events archive, SASEV directly |
| 42nd conference's specific agenda or date | Unverified | sasev.org, SASEV directly |
For other scientific and industry gatherings covered on this site, see news and updates, a report on a related workshop in Stellenbosch, and the page on the ACE international oenology and Cava congress for a comparable European event.
