Features for October / November 08
FROM THE DESK OF THE CEO
By Philip Gregan
The editor of this magazine asked me to put some thoughts down on paper reflecting on my 25 years in the New Zealand wine industry. Read Article
OUTLOOK FOR IMMEDIATE FUTURE
Terry Dunleavy
There was a simple and very direct message from the
latest rounds of seminars conducted round the country
by the New Zealand Winegrowers (NZW) executive
leadership team: Grape supply from the 2009 vintage
needs to balance wine market demand. Read Article
INAUGURAL WORLD SAUVIGNON BLANC CONGRESS
Jo Burzynska, in Graz, Austria
New Zealand may have missed the opportunity to host the first ever World Sauvignon Congress, but the country’s flagship grape variety still received plenty of praise, plus a few warnings at the three-day conference in Austria last month. Read Article
ROMEO BRAGATO CONFERENCE 2008
Viticulture now has the largest planted area of any
horticultural crop in New Zealand, New Zealand
Winegrowers chairman Stuart Smith told delegates
in his address opening the 2008 Romeo Bragato
Conference in Christchurch. Here is an edited version of
Smith’s speech: Read Article
