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Katie, the 17-year-old vineyard hand, graduated from the New Zealand School of Winegrowing last year, the only Marlborough Girls’ College student in the first intake and a brilliant poster child for the initiative.
Originally from Oregon, Jen Parr, winemaker at Valli Vineyards, now calls Central Otago her home. Like many people in the wine industry, her career did not follow a straight path. She began in financial software sales and is now an award-winning winemaker and recent finalist in the Gourmet Traveller NZ Winemaker of the Year award.
Lee Winston is the founder and winemaker of the daring, new Untitled range offering a white, pink and red blend.
We teamed up with podcast creator Lawrence Francis of Interpreting Wine to provide in-depth coverage of our annual tasting in London and interviews with Jamie Marfell, Warren Gibson, Sam Bennett, Kevin Judd, Rebecca Gibb MW, Ronan Sayburn.
Getting involved in the burgeoning Central Otago wine industry and putting his hand up to contribute seemed the most natural thing in the world for Duncan Forsyth.
Helen Masters won Gourmet Traveller Wine Magazine’s New Zealand Winemaker of the Year. Helen’s passion for Pinot Noir and dedication to expression of site has seen Ata Rangi become an icon of New Zealand wine.
