A Quick Update: Hawke’s Bay has just become the latest area in the world to join the Great Wine Capitals – Global Network – A World of Excellence. Check it out!
Hawke’s Bay joins ther Great Wine Capitals network
Al Brown’s Tipping Point Project
If you want to follow something developing in New Zealand’s wine industry at the moment, go to the stuff.co.nz website and featured videos – Al Brown’s Tipping Point Project.
Al Brown – a well-known chef and entrepreneur has a new venture being developed with Rowan Dean of Constellation Wines, Gary Stewart, his graphic designer and Melanie Mark-Shadbolt who is the CE of Te Tira Whakamātaki Foundation [one of the charities that some profits will go towards]. They are developing a wine brand, without featuring Al’s face or name, that will bring
wine to the people.
Al’s visions for this venture are to bring wine down to earth, making the experience unstuffy and a more relaxed experience to encourage people to have a tipple and gain knowledge at their level. To take some of the exclusivity out of the experience, even drinking wine from a tumbler (as some restaurants already do) so more people are relaxed with choosing something they actually like to drink.
In the first video Al was touring through three of our wine regions: Hawkes Bay, Central Otago and Marlborough. Exciting stuff!
Brush up on your wine knowledge – April 2021
Pause for a moment and ask yourself.
What region grew the most wine in NZ last year, 2020?
Pat yourself on the back if you said Marlborough. But do you know what per cent of the total 2020 NZ harvest their 343,036 tonnes represent?
What about the next regions? I was amazed just how weighted the top 3 regions were of the total harvest.
Thanks to NZWine.com for the infographic.
See more of the 2020 NZ vintage statistics.
2018 vineyard snapshot
After each vintage season, New Zealand Winegrowers surveys members and compiles vintage data snapshots for the industry. The following are the snapshots for 2018.
