Wine People – The Real Review

Somerset vineyard’s cracker vintage

The Howard family’s Somerset vineyard in the Hunter Valley evidently had a cracker vintage in 2017.

Chris Derrez and his partner Lucy Maddox run Madrez Wine Services, a contract winemaker for several producers.

Adam Louder has come home to roost after travelling the world to be the new winemaker at Mount Langi Ghiran Vineyards.

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 is the man behind Thistledown, a brand which specialises in South Australian grenache.

Archangel is a 23 ha wine estate at Queensberry, about 15 minutes’ drive south of Wanaka in Central Otago.

It’s hardly a surprise when Villa Maria earns yet another award. It’s more of a surprise when they don’t come first.

Luke Tocaciu has picked up the ball and run with it. The son of a distinguished winemaker, he is a fine winemaker in his own right.

Paul Dunleavy is the major shareholder in Te Motu, a Waiheke winery and restaurant that he owns with his extended family.

There is something very touching about the way Garry Crittenden has bowed out of the family wine business he created.