Displaying items by tag: WOMEN IN WINE

Lynnette Hudson is fresh off the plane from Austria when we speak, having run a Pinot Noir workshop and worked a sevenweek winemaking stint.

Belinda Jackson is a woman of prodigious energy levels, with a big commitment to community and a fine spirit of fun.

When I spoke to Dr Wendy Parr recently, she was enjoying wonderful late autumn weather on the limestone hills above Port Tarakohe in Golden Bay.

Vintage 2022 is underway as Nat Christensen calls from a warm and windy Marlborough in mid-March.

It's been 10 years since the Christchurch earthquake forced Celia Hay out of her food and wine business in the city, and 2021 was another challenging year.

Katherine Jacobs sure knows how to fit a lot into life.

Hard workand a deep appreciation for the land have underpinned Claire Mulholland’s career and life. Raised on a 1,000-hectare farm in Maniototo, Central Otago, Claire recognised the importance of those traits at an early age.

The 2021 Women in Wine New Zealand Mentoring Programme kicked off at the end of June with 11 wine-industry stalwarts mentoring 11 up-and-coming women working in the New Zealand wine industry.

The steep trajectory of Spring Timlin's winemaking career was fuelled by mentorship at Matua, where "no question is a silly question", she says.

Wine has been a supporting act in much of Sophie Parker-Thomson’s life, but the Master of Wine credits a dinner out in Dunedin as making it centre stage.