: Pegasus Bay Ferment Trials
This year marks the 22nd vintage at Pegasus Bay in the Waipara Valley, North Canterbury. Husband and wife winemaking team Mat Donaldson and Lynnette Hudson can rightly claim to know something about the vineyards and conditions of vintage in this Valley...
: Camping Cuvees
New Zealand has held a Pinot workshop in the spa town of Hanmer for more than 20 years. Following Pinot 2010 in Wellington, Marlborough producers decided to set up their own workshop to get serious about this fickle grape...
Durvillea Wines:
Hi Everyone Just a quick post today – Jane has been down in Timaru and Dunedin this week, so you can look forward to a blog coming from her next time...
: Starting the Pinot ferment in the vineyard.
In 2010 University of Auckland researcher Dr Mat Goddard proved for the first time internationally that yeast (S. cerevisiae) is a significant part of terroir. He did this by isolating this yeast in New Zealand vineyards...
MOMO Wines: Harvest 2012 Begins
We have launched into our 2012 harvest at Seresin - a little later than usual! A unseasonably cool Summer has pushed harvest back a few weeks, but the great weather we've had recently has meant that grapes are looking fantastic. Colin Ross, our Estate Manager, is shown here picking the first of our harvest - Pinot Noir from the Home Vineyard...
Seresin Estate: Harvest 2012 Begins
We have launched into our 2012 harvest at Seresin - a little later than usual! A unseasonably cool Summer has pushed harvest back a few weeks, but the great weather we've had recently has meant that grapes are looking fantastic. Colin Ross, our Estate Manager, is shown here picking the first of our harvest - Pinot Noir from the Home Vineyard...
Villa Maria Estate: Rob Ferguson joins Villa Maria Estate
Rob Ferguson has been appointed as General Manager Commercial of Villa Maria Estate. He joined the family owned wine business earlier this year and is overseeing the commercial functions of the company.
Palliser Estate Wines of Martinborough Ltd: The 2012 dig-out challenge has begun
Jane kicked off our 2012 challenge – digging out our first tank of completed Pinot noir for the season in 8.26 mins (or 0.102 tonnes/min). Jane is in the day team (vs the night team) and has got them off to a great start...
Durvillea Wines: The Genevieve Perspective
Me (Genevieve) on the harvester Hello Everyone I just thought I’d give you a little update on what has been a-happenin’ here at Durvillea. This is my first vintage, and I am learning lots of new things, so I thought I’d share it with those who, like myself, do not know as much about harvest as the “seasoned” do...
Sherwood Estate Wines: Website News
Well, vintage is upon us. We have four interns this year. Patrizia from Italy, Ottokar from Austria, Jean-Philippe and Marshal from the United States. They brought an indian summer with them (until today that is) and have settled in very...
