Not quite Sir Bob!
When I heard my colleague Bob Campbell MW had been honoured as an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, I was hoping to be able to call him Sir Bob.
Wine People
Vern Warren – wine investor
When I learned that Webb’s had sold a 48-bottle set of Penfolds Grange for NZD $35,250 and that the seller was Vern Warren, I knew that some of the bottles had my fingerprints on them.
Tamra keeps things busy
Tamra Kelly-Washington is a busy lady. In addition to looking after two small children and making wine for Seresin, she is in the process of launching the Kelly Washington brand.
Trent Burge does his own wine thing
What do you do when your dad is as famous as Grant Burge and has sold his name to another company?
Somerset vineyard’s cracker vintage
The Howard family’s Somerset vineyard in the Hunter Valley evidently had a cracker vintage in 2017.
The ghost writers of New South Wales wine
Chris Derrez and his partner Lucy Maddox run Madrez Wine Services, a contract winemaker for several producers.
Adam Louder comes home to Mount Langi Ghiran
Adam Louder has come home to roost after travelling the world to be the new winemaker at Mount Langi Ghiran Vineyards.
Huon is a Legend
The Wine Communicators of Australia have confirmed something that many of us knew already by making Huon Hooke NSW’s 2018 Legend of the Vine.
Giles Cooke MW’s grenache mission
Giles Cooke MW is the man behind Thistledown, a brand which specialises in South Australian grenache.
Archangel’s remarkable story
Archangel is a 23 ha wine estate at Queensberry, about 15 minutes’ drive south of Wanaka in Central Otago.