Romeo Bragato Conference
This annual New Zealand Winegrowers industry conference is being held in Wellington this year, at the Westpac Stadium. The dates in the calendar of the latest issue of NZWinegrowers magazine, are incorrect. The dates for the event are in fact Wednesday 29 August and Thursday 30 August 2018.
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National
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International demand for organic wine grapes
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Regional
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Waitaki challenges and success
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The love of a Valli
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Ethical employers
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Opinion
A questioned posed
Terry Dunleavy poses a question for international drinks empire, Pernod Ricard: why are you using Australian grapes in Montana wine?
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2017 Bragato Conference highlights
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At the time of writing (early July) I have just spent some time at a conference in Blenheim celebrating the…
Profiles
From gap year to Executive Officer
Daunting is the one word that Sue Binnie uses to describe how she feels about taking over the role of…
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Decades of service
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Industry
Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc’s greatest fans
Earlier this year Wine Marlborough launched a competition, aiming to find the five greatest fans of the region’s Sauvignon Blanc.
Sauvignon 2019
It was highly appropriate that the launch of Sauvignon Blanc 2019 occurred on the one day of the year set…
Sparkling wine – the ultimate challenge?
At this year’s NZSVO Sparkling symposium, two Australians are among the key-note speakers. Both bring a world of knowledge to…
Valuing women throughout the wine chain
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Use it, or risk losing it
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Machinery & Products
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Drones versus birds
Drones may soon be joining the armoury of weapons used to scare birds away from ripening grapes after a trial…
On site brett testing
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Spray nozzle engineering
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Grape brain
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