Preserving and protecting the diversity of Portuguese wine heritage is fundamental to ensure that Portuguese wines are distinctive.

“Garnachas Históricas” is a work and research group established to promote old vine Garnacha and preserve the historic Garnacha vines that remain in DO Campo do Borja.

Dr. Laura Catena wins Old Vine Hero Award 2023 for her longstanding commitment to promoting and protecting the future of Old Vine Malbec in Argentina.

Here are the 8 Shortlisted nominees for the Old Vine Hero Award 2023.

Derek Mossman Knapp, of Garage Wine Co. asks some burning questions about the most recent devastating fires in Chile.

"With thanks to the wisdom of past generations establishing our vineyards in perfect growing locations, the deluge of spring rainfall, cool and hot summer days, strong winds and hail has culminated in what looks to be a solid 2023 harvest period.'“

Feudi de San Gregorio’s vigneto dal Re (vineyard of the King) is a 2ha vineyard of 400, pre-phylloxera, ungrafted Aglianico vines and is the source of Serpico, their celebrated old vine wine.

Michèle Shah, our Regional Ambassador for Italy, takes a trip to South Africa to find out more about The Old Vine Project and how they have set the standard for old vine producers and regions around the world.

Yiannis Karakasis MW shares the devastating story of wild fire damage to old vines in Crete and explains what we can do to help.

Villa Bogdano 1880 affirms their commitment to protect & promote historic vineyards at an international level.

Iain Liston-Brown shares his account of a day of Old Vine Conference Masterclasses.

Michèle Shah summarises us the highlights of her Old Vine session at Green Wine Future 2022.

Brigitte Chevalier on the realities of producing old vine wines.

An update on all things old vine from our Regional Ambassador in Turkey, Umay Çeviker.

The IWSC has partnered with The Old Vine Conference to highlight the value of old vines and their wines.

Feudi’s deep-rooted feeling of responsibility for the land and the guardianship of its ancient vines stretches to neighbouring plots owned and farmed by an aging local community.

It still surprises me how far off the radar the old vine wines and regions of South America are. As the oldest wine continent of the New World, grapevines and wine production made their way to the Americas over 500 years ago.

Hungary is a country of culture and tradition. Hand made food (cheese, honey, homemade jam or pasta and pretty much any delicacy one can think of) and wine, of course, has always been a big part of the culture and business as usual.

Thousands of years of wine history and the claim that ancient Greeks were the first to institute a wine culture could make Greece the place to look when seeking wines from old vines.

"The vineyards are the fruit of a centuries-old culture that has remained almost unchanged…which was in danger of being abandoned because it no longer created income"