“We’ve just had the first decent shower in three months,” says Rob Agnew when we call him.
A one-year Erasmus Programme in France in year three of an agricultural degree introduced Victoria Raw to the wine industry, and changed her life.
Winemaker, marketer, communicator and educator Ngarita Warden is diving deep into wine research, with 270 ferments under the microscope this vintage.
“It’s all about producing benchmark Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay… not necessarily the biggest or the best, but wine that people around the world will hold up as great example of Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay.”
Jordan Hogg always had a hankering to make his own wines, pushing boundaries and "showcasing another side of Marlborough".
Vandal was born from the desire to capture the moment when wine is at its ultimate drinkability.
Hawke's Bay Saorsa likely flies under the radar for most wine drinkers.
Prophet's Rock and Scapegrace, already highly regarded for their wine and gin respectively, have combined their talents to create two limited release single vintage vermouths based on Prophet's Rock wine, Scapegrace wheat spirit, and predominantly Central Otago botanicals.
When Donald van der Westhuizen was studying ecology at university, his father urged him to switch to viticulture.
In 2016 Murray and Rachael Cook weighed up plans to renovate their Blenheim villa or invest in a long-held dream of growing their own wine label.
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