NZ’s First Ever In-Depth Look At The Winemaking Process

 

NZ’s first ever documentary on the process of winemaking has just been released by two Auckland wine experts.

Passion and patience, a wine story, follows the winemaking process from the vine to the glass and offers a rare insight into the level of skill and hard work that goes into creating premium handcrafted wines.

Created by wine retailer, Ben Naden and winemaker Shayne Cox, and filmed in West Auckland, one of NZ’s oldest grape growing regions in New Zealand, the project is a first for NZ and possibly the world, as no other film has shown behind the scenes winemaking in such detail.

The informative and entertaining film is narrated by winemaker Shayne, drawing on  his 20 years of international wine making experience to show the process of making white, rose and red wines, from vine grafting, grape growing and fermentation through to the use of wine additives and bottling.

Winemaking jargon is finally explained in layman’s terms, and while not made with winemakers in mind, it is an ideal staff training tool for both the general wine and hospitality industries.

Director Ben Naden said: “Passion and patience really sums up the wine making process, and we’ve tried to capture that, to give people a taste of what wine making is all about.

“So many of us love to learn about the different flavours of wine, and the regions the grapes come from, but there is very little out there about the labour of love that goes into the creation of it. We believe even the most ardent wine drinkers will learn a lot from this film.”

The film, which took several years to make, was funded almost entirely with wine swaps with wine and film industry professionals to keep production costs to a minimum.

Passion and patience, a wine story has already received great reviews from some of NZ’s leading wine writers. 

The film features music from Auckland-based bands, Voom, The Nudie Suits and Rainy Days. Running time is 60 minutes.

The film has just been released It is rated PG and is available on DVD for $19.90 either in store or at www.passionandpatience.co.nz 

 

For further information contact:

Shayne Cox

Director/winemaker

Corazon Wines

Ph 09 838 5102             

Mob 021 737 636