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A new owner, new winemaker and new oak regime are heralding in a new wave of quality at Te Kairanga in Martinborough as Joelle Thomson discovers.
Villa Maria is very close to finalising plans for a $30m winery and vineyard development on its Te Awa site west of Hastings.
With close to 24,000 hectares of vineyards in Marlborough, the time is right to identify just what is planted, and where. That’s the view of Wine Marlborough’s GM Marcus Pickens and Cloudy Bay winemaker, Nick Lane.
Winegrowers need to ask themselves some hard questions at times, says the newly-elected president of Gisborne Winegrowers’ Association Al Knight.
One of the highlights of this year’s Bragato conference, was the Future Leader’s presentation. Four young members of the wine industry were asked to give their views on the future for New Zealand wine.
Originally, this article was going to be all about the future. All about the Structure and Governance workshops currently under way.
There was an increasing sense of optimism at this year’s Romeo Bragato Conference.
One of the trickier sections of a wine list to rationalise and generate a steady profit from is sparkling wine - especially Champagne.
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With the number of wine shows seeking entries, both in New Zealand and internationally, the choice and what they offer, has become bewildering.
