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Old Vine Registry passes 4,000 vineyard entries
The Old Vine Registry has passed a new milestone with 4,000 entries from 39 countries, bringing it one step closer to its goal of registering 10,000 vineyards by 2027.
The Old Vine Registry is the first and largest database cataloguing vineyards aged 35 years and older around the world.
Master of Wine Jancis Robinson launched the registry in June 2023 as a crowd-sourced public online resource, funded by a donation from Jackson Family Wines and managed by Alder Yarrow of Vinography.com. The site is owned by not-for-profit organisation The Old Vine Conference.
The registry launched with 2,183 entries and has grown steadily over the last year and a half, now hitting the 4,000 vineyard mark.
For 2025, the definition now allows vineyards planted in 1990 to be included in the registry as they are now eligible, having turned 35-years-old.
Going forward, The Old Vine Registry could benefit from new recommendations by the The International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV).
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The organisation, an intergovernmental body which deals with technical and scientific aspects of viticulture and winemaking, recently passed a resolution discussions relating to old grapevines and vineyards.
The OIV made explicit recommendations to all wine regions around the world to “promote and encourage the cataloguing of old vineyards and old grapevines”.
Wine writer Alder Yarrow, who serves as the day-to-day manager of the Old Vine Registry, said: “The recent OIV Resolution really validated what we’re doing.”
He added: “I hope it will encourage both individual producers and whole regions to publish information about their old vines.”
The Old Vine Registry is also seeking both volunteers willing to research old vineyards, as well as financial donors willing to support the non-profit project.
Producers are encouraged to submit their vineyards at www.oldvineregistry.org.
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