‘Mind-bogglingly-brilliant, world-class and among the best’ . . . are the comments from overseas visitors, including experts, who have tasted Gisborne wines in recent months.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the National Young Viticulturist of the Year competition.

I am a Kiwi listening to a Mexican winemaker speaking about Swiss wines in a mixture of English, French and German in the company of a Czech, Pole, Bulgarian, Dutch, Thai and assorted others.

Folding Hill vigneron Tim Kerruish plans to plant half a hectare of white grapes on his heat drenched, Pinot-dedicated slopes at Bendigo in Central Otago. 

By the time these words are in print no doubt most of you will have faced the many challenges of the 2015 harvest head-on – there are also sure to be some interesting ferments still bubbling away.

Metamorphic rocks and shallow schist soils are never far from mind in Central Otago where the wineries are enveloped in the dramatic physical presence of both. 
The man often referred to in Maralborough as Mr Montana, has finally retired after 38 years working for the region’s largest wine company.
Eight months ago The New Zealand Cellar didn’t exist in London.
The next Bridge Pa Wine Festival promises to be even bigger and brighter after this year’s inaugural food and wine event met all the organisers’ targets.

Rangitoto Island’s iconic silhouette is framed symmetrically from the window of Paul Kilmartin’s office at the University of Auckland, but pictures of another city are even more prominent on those office walls: Wellington. 

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