Latest Old Vine Project News

'I'm not a consultant', insists Rosa Kruger, who has played such an important part in launching a new wave of South African wine, 'I'm a vineyard manager.' By Jancis Robinson | www.jancisrobinson.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdgXID27RvM&t=73s

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In Stellenbosch you’ll find two men with a mission – a mission to safeguard South Africa’s ’s heritage of old vines. By Su Birch | www.winemag.co.za

The plight of old vines, or more correctly, of the owners of old vineyards, has been in the media lately. It is becoming increasingly clear that, pretty much at the same time as we have discovered the joy of wines made with fruit harvested from old vines, we’re about to watch our heritage vineyards vanish into extinction. The KWV era which held sway for most of the 20th century ordained that volume was the highway to value. Growers were paid a fixed price based on tonnage, ra

In the wake of recent articles about the Grapevine leaf roll dilemma in South Africa (just note this is a global problem, not fixed to South Africa), I would like to throw you a curve ball, but I’ll get to that later. By Jaco Engelbrecht | www.visualviticulture.co.za

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZBtZFzQuKY