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Scientific knowledge and canopy management As well as innovative technology, science has played a distinctive role in the transformation of New Zealand’s vineyards. Lacking the long European empirical experience, …
Unfortunately, the early period of high yields per hectare has branded Gisborne as a bulk producer of grapes for wine of moderate quality, a reputation that it has not …
One of the advantages of cool, dry climates is that it becomes easier to impose a moderate water deficit than in a hot climate The optimum ripeness window on …
Natural environments in cultural terms By tying environmental characteristics such as slopes, soils or geology to the quality of wines, oversimplified explanations of successful wine regions underestimate the critical …
A decade later in 1990, the vine pull of 1986 had seen almost 200 hectares of Muller Thurgau removed in Gisborne, but with 457 hectares remaining (including some new …
Strike Photography Grape growers, vine varieties, and wine enterprises Does the New Zealand organisation of the filiere (which is the same as in many ‘New World’ wine countries) make …
Viticultural imperatives in cool climates Too cold can be as troublesome as too hot. Given New Zealand’s cool climate, getting the grapes physiologically ripe with aromas and flavours that …
Managing a variable climate Although the average conditions described in these maps are a useful indication of where different varieties of grapes might be grown, they are not sufficient …
Why Gisborne? A small winegrowing industry already existed in Poverty Bay in the late 1950s, with the Chitty, Wohnsiedler and Zame holdings being the largest, although the total area …
Gisborne or Poverty Bay? I saw this wee ad in the paper. It said ‘Wanted to buy – grapes’. So I got on the phone very nervously… it was …
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