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Do Old Vines Make Better Wine?

Respect your elders! Are old vines better? Find the answer in today's installment of Ask The Expert! Today we're back with ...
The Old Vine Conference — a London-based nonprofit dedicated to preserving and promoting the world’s oldest vineyards — is bringing its flagship, annual event to the U.S. for the first time. Titled ...
We often hear the term “old vines” in reference to wine, which almost always applies to limited-edition bottlings from a special vineyard or plot. But what exactly do these words mean, and more ...
For more than a century, Lodi's grape growers have supplied the old wineries that make this Californian city famous. "With ...
Know an old vineyard? The Old Vine Registry is looking for submissions. When Alder Yarrow heard Jancis Robinson was looking for someone to help create the largest online database of old-vine vineyards ...
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The Heritage Vineyard Project was a collaboration between UC Davis and ZAP. Phase one of the Oakville, Napa Valley research vineyard tested grape variability from select superior old vine Zinfandel ...
This past weekend during a black-tie event at the Vinexposium gathering in Paris, France, the prestigious V d’Or wine awards were presented to recognize the top business initiatives in the wine and ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Cathrine Todd is a New York City-based writer who focuses on wine. After a particularly grueling work trip of traveling through ...
The country's indigenous old vine grapes allow producers to create wine unlike anywhere else in the world. Despite historical hurdles, they've only just begun. Ani Duzdabanyan is an Armenian-American ...
Simple pasta and meatballs are a classic match for old-vine zinfandel from St. Francis. St. Francis 2019 Old Vines Zinfandel, Sonoma County, ($22), our wine of the week, is a crowd-pleaser, an easy ...
HOLYOKE — It only happens once a year. The month of May brings your chance to see the more than 100-year-old wisteria vines put on a show in Holyoke. When these plants blossom at the Wistariahurst ...