NWWA Top 50 – Middle Earth Wines
Middle-earth Wines was founded 10 years ago by Rob Grey his daughter Kylie and her husband Ryan with a view to produce premium quality,…
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NWWA Top 50 – Lawson’s Dry Hills
Ross and Barbara Lawson planted the first vineyard in 1981, Gewurztraminer on Alabama Road in Blenheim and supplied to other producers at the time….
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New World Wine Awards 2020 Top 50 Announced
New Zealand wine drinkers are more likely than ever to be popping a cork in celebration of the 2020 New World Wine Awards Top…
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NWWA – Meet the Judges: Michael Bann
Originally from Australia, Michael developed his interest in wine growing up in the family retail liquor business. He went on to study horticulture and…
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NWWA – Meet the Judges: Antony Mackenzie
Ant Mackenzie has worked in the New Zealand wine industry for over 25 years, holding various positions including stints as a general manager, wine…
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NWWA – Meet the Judges: Nick Picone
Nick Picone has been in and around the Villa Maria group for more than twenty years, working as Group Chief Winemaker since 2015. Starting…
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NWWA – Meet the Judges: Simon Waghorn
Simon Waghorn began his winemaking career in 1982, training at Roseworthy College in South Australia. He has been a senior winemaker for 32 years…
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NWWA – Meet the Judges: Stu Marfell
Stu was born and raised in the Awatere Valley not far from the Vavasour Vineyard. A graduate of Lincoln University, Canterbury with a Bachelor…
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