
The Old Vines Project, A South African Perspective
D’Amato & Szabo: Wine Thieves Listen to the podcast here. In this episode: how cataloguing old vines in South Africa has raised standards for fair employment, and sustainable farming and may just prove the key to solving the problem of the country’s most...

Raw Wine: Old Vine Project
The Old Vine Project (OVP) has been a game changer for South African wines. When viticulturalist Rosa Kruger began searching for old vines in remote areas of the Cape, and compiling a list of them, there was little information available; she drove herself around and...

2022 Wine Judging: deliberations from day 2 of judging in South Africa
By IWSC View the original article here. This week, members of the IWSC’s expert judging panels are in South Africa, tasting hundreds of wines from across the country. Together with Elizabeth Kelly MW, Victoria Mason, Matteo Montone MS and David Kermode, our judging...

Why bother with Old Vines?
By Sarah Abbott MW View the original article here. They’re just old and worn out, right? A depreciated asset no longer economically viable. When we first launched The Old Vine Conference, we got that shrug from some. But there were many more growers, winemakers and...

Rosa Kruger – The Guardian
In my universe, the world of wine is one big tapestry of people, places and ideas. Within that tapestry there are some threads that meander through its entirety, as what I call “heart strings”. Follow one of these heart strings (of which there are about half a dozen,...

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GERMANY CHAMPIONS IMVINI WETHU PROJECT TO SAVE OUR VINES AND PROTECT OUR FUTURE
Alone we can do so little; together, we can do so much. This is the slogan with which friends of South African wine in Germany have sent a new premium wine into the German market on 15 February 2021, pledging allegiance with the exceptional quality born from our...

OLD VINE CHENIN BLANC 2016, IAN NAUDÉ | A REVIEW BY DAVY STRANGE
Written by Davy Strange View the original review here. This wine is an oenological TARDIS. It has massive features in its core, but they are wrapped up into a very svelte, elegantly-poised wine. That must mean that Ian Naudé is The Doctor and so I must grill him about...

THE OLD VINE PROJECT | MARYKE ROBERTS | CAPE ARDOR
Written by Maryke Roberts View the original article here. A unique initiative, the Old Vine Project (OVP) that aims to preserve old vines in South Africa, is yielding huge results. The project was launched by consultant vineyard manager, Rosa Kruger in 2016 after she...

WHAT MAKES FOR OLD VINE WINES
Ambiguous but essential efforts to preserve vineyard heritage. Writer Rod Phillips Photographer Jennifer Latour View the original article here. The words “old vines” (and their equivalents in other languages) appear on wine labels from all over the world. They suggest...