Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Tech: Sentinel’s technological revolution in vineyards worldwide

Published: 14 August, 2024

An innovative tool is helping wineries to capture detailed vine-level data and manage their crops more effectively. James Bayley reports.

Analysis: Safeguarding old vines

Published: 12 June, 2024

A recent old vine field trip to Jumilla sparked a conversation around the importance of preserving both local expertise and community input alongside heritage vineyards, and what it means for broader concepts of sustainability and terroir. Jo Gilbert reports

Bierzo producer launches campaign to save old vines

Published: 29 April, 2024

For star Spanish producer Raul Perez, who’s done much to put Bierzo on the map of wine, the key to production has always been the use of field blends of old vines, bringing depth and consistency to wines.

Spain now has confidence to ‘walk naked in the street’

Published: 14 March, 2023

Champions of Spain’s diversity articulate a wine scene that has for some time been generating excitement, revealing an increasingly compelling collective offer, with individuality, accessibility and sense of place to the fore. The country has been dubbed by some as the ‘New World of the Old’, in recognition of its ongoing innovation.

IWSC partners with The Old Vine Conference for new trophy

Published: 23 February, 2022

Together, the IWSC and The Old Vine Conference are launching a new Old Vine Trophy award.

Domaine Jones releases new range of old vine cuvées

Published: 14 January, 2022

Ex-pat winemaker Katie Jones, owner of Domaine Jones in the Languedoc-Rousillon, has launched the Vineyard Collection – a range of wines from very old vines.

Registrations now open for the Old Vine Conference 2021

Published: 22 November, 2021

The third edition of the Old Vine Conference will take place between 1-2 December and is now open for registrations.

Domaine Jones launches Adopt an Old Vine scheme

Published: 21 April, 2021

Ex-pat Languedoc-Roussillon based winemaker Katie Jones is launching an ‘Adopt an Old Vine’ scheme, which will offer customers and followers the chance to become ‘vine parents’ to an old vine at Domaine Jones.

Tim Atkin MW: Valuing our old vines

Published: 06 April, 2021

Call it serendipity, call it fate, but there are times when events and conversations seem to align. You go for months without thinking about something and then it’s everywhere, filling your inbox and your brain. Spooky, possums, as Dame Edna Everage once put it.

Agustín Trapero on Cebreros DOP: when the terruño talks

Published: 13 September, 2019

Head sommelier and consultant Agustín Trapero dips into one of Spain’s most promising new DOPs.

Fladgate latest to announce back-to-back vintage declaration

Published: 23 April, 2019

Things are heating up in the Douro, with yet another port house following up 2016 with another vintage year.

Interview: Danny Lucchesi, Delicato Family

Published: 25 March, 2019

Viticulturalist Danny Lucchesi talks to Chris Wilson about special old vines, Zin and Gnarley Head

WoodWinters adds old Barossa Soul to portfolio

Published: 13 November, 2018

Indie merchant WoodWinters has strengthened its growing wholesale portfolio with the addition of the UK agency for Soul Growers from Barossa.

Thistledown champions Grenache renaissance

Published: 11 December, 2017

Alliance Wine’s Giles Cooke MW will be releasing the first commercially available results of Thistledown Wine Company’s Riverland project, focusing on old vine Grenache, under a Gorgeous Grenache label at M&S this spring.