Oraterra
Oraterra translates to golden earth, reflecting the value of great vineyard sites in Martinborough, including that from which winemaker Wilco Lam is now making wines.
The Marlborough-based company was founded five years ago to tackle the issue of broken or replaced CCA treated vineyard posts being stored in stacks on vineyards or going to landfill. Instead they are repurposed into posts for farm fencing, diverting 8,711 tonnes from waste piles.
With five portable machines working across Marlborough, Repost is now “a daily fixture” on most of the region’s vineyards, says co-founder Dansy Coppell, reflecting on “a blend of Kiwi ingenuity and some big sky thinking”.
That ingenuity has been awarded in recent years, including in the Cawthron Marlborough Environment Awards 2023 Wine Category Award and the 2023 Beef & Lamb New Zealand Awards Gallagher Innovation Award.
Last year Dansy won the Innovation Award in the Rural Women New Zealand Business Awards 2024.
