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The great stories and people that make up the New Zealand wine industry.
Dr Richard Smart began shining a light on grape growing in the late 1960s, increasingly fascinated by how sunlight interception by vineyards impacted yields and fruit quality.
Reducing emissions in Tohu’s winery and vineyards is part of being good kaitiaki, says Dianne Brown, Manager of Wakatū Incorporation’s Whenua Ora sustainability programme.
The first thing Tanya Pouwhare does when someone seeking employment steps through her doorway is print out the ‘Know Your Rights’ sheet from the New Zealand Employment Guide.
Ben Leen never tires of the view at Amisfield, where audacious guinea fowl strut the grounds against a backdrop of organic vines and the snow-capped Pisa Range.
Suraj GC never planned to be a sommelier, and he didn’t just become one, but rather he became New Zealand’s best when he was crowned New Zealand’s Sommelier of the Year for 2024.
It says a lot about Paul Mooney that the most satisfying vintage in more than four decades at Mission Estate was the cyclone-struck 2023 season.
Grant Taylor’s winemaking career owes its genesis to a bunch of pesky worms. Without them, the fruit on his family’s apple tree might never have yielded such formative, jeopardy-rich beverage adventures.
Rowan Hoskins has found his niche in Wairarapa-based viticulture. He got started in the wine industry when he found himself at somewhat of a loose end and his father – distinguished viticulturist Nick Hoskins – suggested he try his hand at winter pruning. “I did a season and never left,” says Rowan.
