by Old Vine | Jun 8, 2022 | Articles, Media Room
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...
by Old Vine | Mar 16, 2022 | Articles, Media Room
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...
by Old Vine | Mar 10, 2022 | Articles, Media Room
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,...
by Old Vine | Jul 2, 2021 | Articles, Media Room
Perswijn 2022-1 - Skurfberg - Lars...
by Old Vine | Feb 20, 2021 | Articles, Media Room
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...
by Old Vine | Jan 22, 2021 | Articles, Media Room
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...