Old Vine Registry surpasses 4,000 entries
The Old Vine Registry, the world’s first database of old vineyards, has now accumulated over 4,000 entries from 39 countries around the world. The announcement illustrates healthy progress in terms of the registry’s goal of registering 10,000 vineyards by 2027.
The project, first launched in June 2023 with 2,183 entries, has also announced that any vineyards planted in 1990 are now 35 years old and now eligible for inclusion to the registry.
The International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) recently passed a resolution to “promote and encourage the cataloguing of old vineyards and old grapevines”, mirroring the goal of the Old Vine Registry.
Wine writer Alder Yarrow, who acts as the day-to-day manager of the register was buoyed by the OIV’s decision.
He said: “The recent OIV resolution really validated what we’re doing. I hope it will encourage both individual producers and whole regions to publish information about their old vines.”
The Old Vine Registry has been forthright in its efforts to get as many vineyards on board as possible. Such efforts includes the prize campaign to register more vineyards, which began in June 2024.
Producers that are wishing to submit their vineyard to the registry can do so through the following link: www.oldvineregistry.org.
Additional, the Old Vine Registry is seeking out volunteers to research old vineyards, as well as financial donors willing to support the non-profit project. Interested parties in either regard are encouraged to email at: oldvineregistry@gmail.com.
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