by Old Vine | Aug 18, 2023 | Articles, Media Room
View the full article by Chris Howard on JancisRobinson.com Inspired by WWC21 winner Chris Howard’s eloquent description of South Africa’s Old Vine Project, Jancis shares her notes from a special tasting. See this guide to our extensive coverage of old vines. ‘I...
by Old Vine | Aug 15, 2023 | Articles, Media Room
View the full article by Chris Howard on JancisRobinson.com As we approach the end of August, when it will be time for you to vote on your favourite entry in this year’s writing competition, we’re publishing this account by Chris Howard*, winner of our 2021...
by Old Vine | Aug 1, 2023 | Articles, Media Room
The Old Vine Project has created the ‘Old Vines: Laying the Groundwork’ course which is designed to educate industry members across the entire value chain. Sommeliers, wine retailers, winemakers, viticulturists, sales and marketing personnel, media, and consumers,...
by Old Vine | Aug 1, 2023 | Articles, Media Room
The odd contradiction about wine is that wine is far more about what’s outside the bottle than what’s in it. The history of the people who made it, of a place, the year it was grown in, and the political machinations that shaped it. Wine is not about a moment of...
by Old Vine | Aug 1, 2023 | Articles, Media Room
View original article by Rod Phillips “A diamond is forever” runs the famous phrase coined in 1947 by South Africa’s De Beers diamond mining company. As for grapevines—not forever, but potentially for many decades and even for more than a century, if they’re looked...
by Old Vine | Jul 25, 2023 | Articles, Media Room
View the full article by Daléne Fourie here I lived in London, like many other South Africans. I did not like it. The horizon seemed just a little too small, the sun not bright enough, and the tall buildings couldn’t make up for Table Mountain at my back. It is...
