The Old Vine Project - Part 1: Cathy van Zyl on What Makes a Vine Old

Tuesday, 4 August, 2026
Vinimark
Only 250 people in the world hold the title of Master of Wine. Cathy van Zyl is one of them, and she's also director of the Old Vine Project.

In part 1 of this two-part conversation, we ask Cathy van Zyl MW the question at the heart of the project: why 35 years? Cathy unpacks the soil science, the climate, and the global movement South Africa helped lead, plus how our old vine standards compare to Barossa's.
  

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