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Skydiving Over Wanaka
Skydiving Over Wanaka For Rachel’s, aka Jr (shown above), 18th birthday we’d made plans to skydive over Sonoma. When she was 12 or so I’d promised her we would go together for her 18th birthday. As the...
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Where Burgundy Meets France
Nick Mills, Aubert de Villaine, Lois Mills Central Otago on the southern tip of New Zealand is the only region in the world with which Burgundy has a formal vintner exchange programme, and the Central...
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NZ Winegrowers donate NZ$25,000 to California Fire Victims
This last weekend the gala celebration for the 2017 Air New Zealand Wine Awards took place in Hawke’s Bay. Trophy-winning wines were announced during the dinner with Marlborough taking top honours for...
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Travels through New Zealand and France
sky diving over the Klutha River, Wanaka, Central Otago My daughter Rachel and I just returned from New Zealand. I arrived there in mid-October to serve as an international judge for the Air New...
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Vignerons as the Mediators of Modernity
I see vignerons as the mediators of modernity. – Professor Marion Demossier Marion is an anthropologist who works on wine culture of Burgundy, here standing in the partially restored 11th century...
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Two Weeks in New Zealand
Central Otago I spent a week in Central Otago primarily focused around attending the Central Otago Pinot Noir Celebration. Prior to the start of the event I was able to do a full day of vineyard visit...
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NZ 2017 – cyclone-hit but no write-off
Vintage 2017 New Zealand tasting with Michael Brajkovich of Kumeu River With the 2017 vintage, New Zealand suffered some of the most challenging weather in recent memory. Cool temperatures early in the...
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Reducing Extraction in Pinot Noir: Thoughts from Prophet’s Rock Winemaker...
Reducing Extraction in Pinot Noir: Thoughts from Prophet’s Rock Winemaker Paul Pujol Elaine Chukan Brown WHILE RELATIVELY YOUNG, CENTRAL Otago has quickly risen to the fore as one of the world’s top...
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Aurum Wines Winemaker Experiments with White, Rosé and Amber Pinot Gris
Aurum Pinot Gris Lucie Lawrence, winemaker Aurum Wine IN THE CROMWELL BASIN of Central Otago in New Zealand, Aurum Wines grows 1 hectare of Pinot Gris. The vineyard sits in the Pisa flats, near the...
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A Few Days in Central Otago
Last week I spent in Central Otago attending their annual Central Otago Pinot Noir Celebration in order to speak on the first day of the event but most of all to visit dear friends and check in on...
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