Put your old vines to the test – final call

Entries are now open for the third annual NFB Old Vine Report, informed by a blind tasting designed to identify the old-vine wines that perform most convincingly in the glass.

The wines will be tasted by editor Christian Eedes, James Pietersen, CEO of Brice & Burnett, and Francois Rautenbach, a hospitality and wine specialist.

Why enter?

• Your wine is judged blind, without producer or brand influencing the result.
• Every entry receives a Winemag 100-point score.
• The Top 10 receive individual tasting notes.
• Buyer’s-guide exposure (wine’s ranked by quality relative to price).
• The report puts your wine alongside other leading examples from South Africa’s heritage vineyards.
• Best Overall recognition goes to the highest-performing wine in the tasting.

Entry fee: R1,495 per wine, including VAT.

To qualify, wines must be made from grapes grown on Certified Heritage Vineyards: vineyards aged 35 years or more, registered with SAWIS and approved by the Old Vine Project.

Entries are now closed. Report released on Wednesday, 21 October.

The NFB Old Vine Report is made possible by NFB Private Wealth Management, established in 1985 – because time is the one advantage no investor can buy back.

Winner benefits

The producer of the wine judged Best Overall wins a FERMTECH SOLUTIONS organic fermentation kit worth approximately R10,000 and shipping services worth R10,000 from Aspiring Couriers.