What Lodi can do to slow down the loss of old vine plantings
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...
Last Rites for Lodi’s old vine growths
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...
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DeWarenmarkt Stellenbosch old vine wine tasting – 2 August 2017
Date: 02 August 2017 Time: 19:00 - 20:30 Address: DeWarenmarkt, 20 Ryneveld Str, Stellenbosch Price: R750pp - only 30 seats available There is currently widespread interest in wines made from old vines (35 years and older). These older blocks are part of our South...
Skurfberg Vineyard Landscape
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Theewaterskloof dam reveal treasures from our past
https://youtu.be/ABGplr0Pp2s
Piekenierskloof Old Vines
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Sadie Family Wines Treinspoor 2016
By by Sussie and Peter | www.susieandpeter.com Sadie Family Wines Treinspoor 2016, Swartland, South Africa (c. £35, Lay & Wheeler, Noel Young, Uncorked, Hedonism, Handford, Philglass & Swiggot & more via WineSearcher) First things first: this is a...
Project to safeguard Old Vines in South Africa bursts onto the scene
By by Rupert Millar | www.thedrinksbusiness.com The aptly named Old Vine Project (OVP) has its origins back in 2002, when viticulturist Rosa Kruger began hunting down old blocks of vines. Word slowly spread and people came forward pointing out where they knew old...