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Doug Bell spent the last 32 years vowing he would never plant Sauvignon Blanc.

Gisborne's rebranded Weekend of Wine and Food at Labour Weekend was a brilliant success for the wineries that were fortunate to have regular bus services but disappointing for those who did not, participants say.

"Everyone in the wine business knows that it is possible, but no one in New Zealand has done it to this degree."

Gisborne's traditional Labour Weekend wine and food event has been reinvented.

A veritable feast of Gisborne’s finest cultural, historical, gastronomical and of course oenological attributes will be on display at New Zealand’s first Chardonnay and Sparkling Symposium early next year.

Timothy Ovenden, age 31, is an assistant winemaker at Milton's Vineyards & Winery in Gisborne.

Jason Cook, age 35, works as an assistant winemaker at Indevin New Zealand.

“A big rich, opulent Chardonnay,” took top honours at the 2015 Gisborne Regional Wine Awards in May.

The birth of the Gisborne Garagiste Wine Company can be attributed to the consumption of a fine bottle of Gewürztraminer, say the founders of the business.

Janey Halliday, age 34 is a company viticulturist at Riversun Nursery.