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Alan Brady
Gibbston celebrated 40 years of Pinot Noir winegrowing in December, paying homage to the people and place that have made the Central Otago subregion so iconic.
Among them was Alan Brady, who planted a small plot of vines in Gibbston in 1981, and the subregion’s first Pinot Noir in 1984.
“Nobody gave those vines much chance of surviving, further from their native Europe than they’d ever been planted before,” he said.
After nearly a decade as Coal Pit Winemaker, Anika Willner has been appointed as General Manager of the family-owned Gibbston estate, while retaining her winemaking role.
Sir Sam Neill made an extraordinary mark on the world, and on the world of New Zealand wine.
One of Australia's most decorated winemakers will speak at the Aotearoa New Zealand Chardonnay Symposium in Hawke's Bay this September.
The third Aotearoa New Zealand Chardonnay Symposium will be underway in Hastings, Hawke's Bay, on 17-18 September.
Vintage 2026 yielded excellent fruit for most New Zealand wine regions.
