An international collaboration
Wine and art have an innate symmetry, which is something that New Zealand's Brancott Estate is well versed in.
Brancott Estate has signed a three-year agreement to be the official wine supplier to the team until the end of the final race in 2021.
Emirates Team New Zealand COO, Kevin Shoebridge says; “We will be welcoming guests from around the world to New Zealand in 2021 and Brancott Estate will be right alongside us rolling out the welcome mat, putting on world renowned kiwi hospitality and sharing the finest taste of New Zealand with them all as we utilise their support and strive to defend the America’s Cup.”
The partnership is especially poignant for Chief winemaker Patrick Materman, who has been sailing for most of his life. Although he admits, he wasn’t offered a job on Team NZ. Then again, the Emirate Team NZ crew who had a go at vine wrapping while in Marlborough a few weeks back, are unlikely to be giving up their sailing jobs any time soon either.
