Young Kiwis wanting to replace the traditional overseas experience with vintage in wine country will receive a warm welcome this autumn.

Sharing the splendour of Central Otago has been key to an attraction campaign for the 2022 grape harvest.

Rodrigo Calandria's first New Zealand winery experience was filling vast gabion baskets with rocks at Marisco, during a working holiday from Argentina.
Labour supply is the most pressing issue facing New Zealand's wine industry in the lead-up to the 2022 vintage.
A few months after landing in New Zealand in 1985, Rudi Bauer felt disconnected and alone, homesick for the culture of Austria.
When Daniel Le Brun first visited Marlborough in 1978, he was "immediately convinced" the region had the potential for great wine.

Andy Frost has spent nearly 40 years weaving science and research into the practical business of growing and making wine, with groundbreaking consequences for the wine industry.

Driving a tractor up and down a vineyard gives you plenty of time to think, says Gisborne grape grower John Clarke, who's put that time to good use during 30 years of governance.
Wild Billy McRae was known for bootlegged whiskey out of Southland, with Hokonui Moonshine said to be Scotland's best.

To wrap up The Social Place column for the year, we asked a few social butterflies for advice on platforms, payments, branding and navigating Covid-19.

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