Features for April / May 06
From the Desk of the CEO
By Philip Gregan, New Zealand Winegrowers Chief Executive Officer
Towards the end of last year we sent out to the industry a document about protecting the industry reputation. We received some very constructive comment on the draft which was very pleasing.
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International Cool Climate Symposium 2006
By Terry Dunleavy
The most important international wine industry conference to have occurred in New Zealand was held last month when Christchurch hosted the 6th International Cool Climate Symposium (ICCS), attended by 505 delegates plus a hundred or so commercial sponsors and media. By any measure, it was a stunning success
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International Cool Climate Symposium 2006
“Management options for cool climate vineyards: present and future perspectives” was the title of the keynote address to the International Cool Climate Symposium 2006 by the viticultural scientist credited with changing the face of New Zealand vineyards in the 1980’s. He is Dr Richard Smart, now living in Launceston, Tasmania, who was recruited by the Ministry of Agriculture from his post as a lecturer at Roseworthy Agricultural College to be New Zealand’s Government Viticulturist.
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International Cool Climate Symposium 2006
The facets constituting terroir were dissected by Warren Moran, Professor Emeritus of Geography, of the University of Auckland in a keynote address to the International Cool Climate Symposium in Christchurch.
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International Cool Climate Symposium 2006
One of the most popular and warmly received keynote addresses at the Christchurch symposium, was that of Poh Tiong Ch’ng, of Singapore, publisher of The Wine Reveiw, South East Asia’s oldest wine magazine, and the world’s first guide to Bordeaux in Chinese. This edited version omits only some non-wine references to temperatures in his region
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