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The first thing I should do is clear up any confusion from our last email. There were at least a few of you who thought we were leaving New Zealand for good. Nothing is further from the truth! I’m just amidst a long trip mixing lots of work with a bit of down time with…
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As I write this on Monday the 4th of April, not only did we finish picking over a week ago but we’re also putting our first 2022 wine to bottle in the morning. Whoa, did that go fast or what!? Maybe it was the fact that as winemakers, we were all on baited breath as…
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On Crunchy Red wines. Harvest hit us fast and hard this past Saturday with some gorgeous organic fruit; Chardonnay and Pinot Noir both destined for new certified organic wines. The Chardonnay portion will go into my first official foray into the ‘Pet Nat’ space. I made my first Pet Nat style wine in 2012, well…
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On tough harvests and the changing marketplace for wines. This year in Hawke’s Bay and Martinborough (Wairarapa) we are seeing some challenging conditions where our talented growers had to fight off quite a bit of pressure with powdery mildew. The wet spring was followed by a very dry and hot stretch until early February where…
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After a year that ended with lots of bottling, including three very new wines (Giunta skin-fermented Viognier, Giunta Riesling, and Giunta Crunchy Red), we are settling into the mid-summer when I begin walking the vineyards. This allows me to see firsthand the possibilities of the 2022 harvest. Not only am I checking for any issues…