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The great stories and people that make up the New Zealand wine industry.
Nearly 30 years after he joined Mission Estate, Peter Holley says every single day has been exciting. “It’s all been wet concrete, vibrancy, developing offshore markets, and working alongside the most extraordinary people.”
When Judy and Neal Ibbotson met in the late 1960s, he was a farm adviser, she was a dental nurse, and they were each dating the other’s flatmate. “We swapped partners,” explains Neal. “It was the best thing we ever did.”
Mal McLennan grew up in an industry steeped in generational succession, where politics was governed by an old guard. So it was a “great big” culture change when he planted Sauvignon Blanc in Hawke’s Bay in 1994.
"There surely can’t be many Hollywood actors with whom one can have a long conversation about the pleasures of pig companionship," writes Emma Jenkins MW, who spoke to the actor and proprietor of Central Otago's Two Paddocks about his new memoir - Did I ever Tell You This?
Anne Escalle grew up believing the best moments in life involved a glass of wine. Decades on, the viticulturist leads Edmond de Rothschild Heritage’s New Zealand operations.
Ask Hawke’s Bay viticulturist Claire Pinker what the most challenging aspect of her job is and one word springs to mind – climate.
Voices Of The Pacific is a doco series launched by the Pacific Cooperation Foundation (PCF) in partnership with Horticulture New Zealand, MG Charitable Trust and New Zealand Winegrowers.
Bryn Craddock is a Bachelor of Viticulture and Wine Science student at EIT Te Pūkenga, and the most recent Hawke’s Bay A&P Society & Craggy Range Young Vintner of the Year.
