Clive Jones Named 2025 NZ Winegrowers Fellow
As a young industrial chemist working in product development, Clive Jones would scan ingredient lists at the supermarket, "interested in what makes this product different from that".
The viticulturist was studying agriculture in Australia when he became well and truly sidetracked by wine in 1995.
“I fell in love with wine because it was all about the flavour and taste of the end product, not the look of it,” he says 30 years later.
Cloudy Bay’s Technical and Sustainable Development Director is looking forward to offering a “global perspective” to the board, as well as a strong interest in sustainability, as a member and former chair of Circular Wine Group in Marlborough, and a position on the leadership committee of the international Sustainable Wine Roundtable. He notes that the New Zealand wine industry has hit some “speed bumps” after a long period of sustained growth.
But the challenges are not as great as those faced by wine producing nations dealing with major structural problems.
“Our industry will find itself back on an even keel.”
