Features for February 09 / March 09
FROM THE DESK OF THE CEO
By Philip Gregan
Back from two weeks holiday and the headline in the daily newsletter of one of Winegrowers’ foreign exchange providers struck with full force: UK Interest Rates Lowest Since 1694. Read Article
EDITORIAL
A personal view by Terry Dunleavy
I was born in November 1928, just 11 months before the “Black Tuesday” of 29 October 1929 marked the Wall Street “crash” that launched what has become known as the Great Depression. That depression was a defining backdrop to my formative years. Read Article
REGIONS – MARLBOROUGH
Tessa Nicholson
On 14 February 1983, a very young Kevin Judd arrived in New Zealand to become winemaker at Selaks in Auckland. The English-born, Aussie-raised Judd intended staying only for three years, yet 26 years later he is still here and about to take the momentous step of releasing his own label. Read Article
REGIONS – GISBORNE
Debbie Gregory
A New Zealand wine industry legend bowed out in December after a career spanning 47 years in the Gisborne wine industry. The former head of Pernod Ricard’s Montana Winery, Roger McLernon, says he is lucky. Read Article
