Every wine region has its challenges but when it comes to New Zealand's smallest ones, the trials of weather, climate and transportation can take on new levels of difficulty.
"Please experiment, please reinvent, please innovate. But please, please, please communicate – talk to your consumer and let them know what you are doing."
It may have been 40 years in the making, but it took only 3 days to convince the world's wine media that New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc is a force to be reckoned with.