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New Zealand Australia Map Negotiations over the price the wine companies were prepared to pay for grapes in Marlborough were initially reasonably amicable but inevitably became contentious: We used …
New Zealand And Australia Map Mt Difficulty The arrival of Robin Dicey in 1992 was a technical fillip for Central Otago. Robin has grapes in his blood. His family …
The Glazebrooks brought to the enterprise the distinctive racing stables that had been started by Gary’s father and 40 acres of their land in what became known as the …
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 …
In the fifteen years since New Zealand winegrowing had begun to stir, some inklings of its future are apparent. Gisborne (Poverty Bay) stands out as having the highest proportion …
Hoar frost on the vines at Akarua’s Cairnmuir Road vineyard in Central Otago. Akarua Winery, Central Otago rock-crushing machines alter the soil profile and even the subsoil to make …
Nick Nobilo’s Vinoptima produces Gewurztraminer from deep, rich, alluvial clay soils in inland Poverty Bay. The pumpkins growing through the fence next door tell a tale of fertility. Vinoptima …
Hawke’s Bay, with its much lower precipitation (under 800 mm compared with over 1400 mm in West Auckland), lower humidity and higher sunshine hours, is a more suitable natural …