Latest Old Vine Project News

Rosa Kruger, well-known viticulturist, now the driving force behind the Old Vines Project was designated Wine Personality of the Year at the recent Cape Wine Academy and Institute of Cape Wine Masters gala dinner on Saturday, 5 May 2018, held at the award-winning restaurant Overture in Stellenbosch. She receives it for her dedication to training in the field of viticulture and her passion for the old vines in South Africa, a project that she has nurtured since 2002. She beli

Recently a special tasting of Old Vine wines was held in Stellenbosch. It was an event I did not want to miss – I had filmed an insert for CNN’s Inside Africa on the Old Vine project, walked through vines at sunrise, tasted cold grapes at harvest, lingered in cellars and conducted interviews with passionate wine-makers – without drinking a drop of the wine old vines produce. We had too much filming to accomplish to sit back with a glass in hand. Now that production was over,

The Golden Age of Old Vines by Hein on Wine Age as a concept is central to definitions and descriptions, whether it is your own age, the age of your children, the age of a treasured possession or even a memory... Age is also important when it comes to wine and furthermore, the vine. Meeting up with an acquaintance in Germany recently, I was hosted to a tasting of wines made from 50 to 150 year-old vineyards. Suddenly it was about more than the maturation of the wine or the

PDF of Christine Austin write-up in Yorkshire Food_and_Wine For the article as published on Yorkshire.co.uk, click here.

Part one: CNN Africa video on oldest vineyards in South Africa. Part two: CNN Africa video on old vine heritage. Part three: CNN Africa video on the Old Vine Project.

The Old Vine Project (“OVP”) is inviting the public to enter footage of old vines, 35 years and older, both photographic and drone. BRIEF: Present the essence of an old vine through the unique texture and structure of the vine Express the individuality of an old vine Capture the timeless atmosphere and personality of an old vine Entries may include images of single vines or blocks Entries should specify where the image(s) was/were taken Image files must be 200 dpi and betwee

Harvest time - take regular samples of your grapes, or taste regularly, as a heatwave during one weekend can push the grapes from 21 to 23 B! Do the last bit of removal of green, delayed bunches in red grapes to even out maturity levels. Start planning your cover crops - remember that a good cover crop is the first step in restoring soil health. A mixed cover crop always better that single crop. Think about post harvest fertilizer - the most important time to fertilize. Or

I recently attended an Old Vine Project (OVP) tasting lead by André Morgenthal and Jaco Engelbrecht. The aim of these tastings is to create awareness around the preservation of old vineyards by promoting sustainable viticulture - this is clearly an industry initiative. The wines we tasted were superb and the discussion around this topic is fascinating. André tells us more about what the Old Vine Project is all about. How did the idea of preserving the old vines come about; wh

It’s a good time to enjoy good ol’ old vine Zinfandel. There’s a little bit of chill in the air, leaves are turning color, and the mind drifts off into memories of brown spices, baking pies, stews on the stove, bread in the oven, ugly sweaters. But enjoy those wines while you can; because – as we mentioned in a previous post, Last Rites for Lodi’s Old Vine Growths – decently priced old vine Zinfandel grown in Lodi (the home of more old vine plantings than anywhere else in Cal

The Phillips Family Issues Dire Warnings Imagine a Lodi without old vine Zinfandel. It’s not an impossibility. This issue always comes up in years when yields are down, as they were in 2017, 15%, 25%, or even more than 50%. This time around it comes in the middle of an economic clusterfudge: Sales of $10-and-under varietal Zinfandel continue to drop, winery supplies of fermented juice are backed up to the hilt, and White Zinfandel is no longer setting the wine world on fire (

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