Between Bill Thorpe’s Longbush Wines and brother John Thorpe’s Gisborne Wine Company, the Thorpe family grew a significant wine enterprise out of their business and horticultural expertise. Strike Photography …
James Millton’s powers of observation, and knowledge of his varied sites, run deep. This ability to relate the vine’s sequences of growth and the characteristics of its fruit to …
Vinoptima Nick Nobilo was also bitten by the Gisborne and Gewurztraminer bug. In the early 1960s, like many second-generation Dalmatian winemakers, he joined his parents small wine and orcharding …
While avoiding what seemed to be the main threat – control by the brewing-related companies – Corbans had become vulnerable to takeover through the heavy load of debt that …
In Gisborne’s case, the structure of the wine filiere is distinctive in several ways. The large wineries established in Lytton Road are fermentation and storage facilities rather than full …
New Zealand vines in their climates and soils Viewed from the vine’s perspective it is limiting, although often necessary, to separate climate from soils when trying to understand why …
When making still wine in the prestigious French appellations, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris and Riesling are seldom blended with other varieties, although opportunities such as Bourgogne passe tous …
Johnson’s memory of the taste cannot be doubted. Yet the speculations in his second paragraph are flattering but flawed. New Zealand does not, even with the ‘perhaps inserted, have …