I was recently reminded of an old Chinese saying ‘may you live in interesting times’. Some people have thought of this as a blessing and others a curse, but, whichever way you look at the saying, today we certainly are…
Over the last year or so there has been a shuffling of chairs in the local wine scene, mainly with winemakers moving to new opportunities with other producers. When Tony Southgate decided it was time to move on from his…
Brightwater Vineyards 2017 Lord Rutherford Pinot Noir has just been awarded a GOLD MEDAL at New Zealand International Wineshow! This is Brightwater Vineyards 12th gold medal for Pinot Noir and now means that every vintage of Lord Rutherford Pinot Noir since 2010 has received…
Published in the Nelson Mail 01.08.18 Brightwater Vineyards is one of Nelson’s quiet achievers, owners Gary & Valley Neale just get on with the business of making fantastic wines and building a solid business. Their success in doing both of…
It seems every sector of the wine industry has something to promote, be it wineries promoting gold medal and trophy successes, new release wines, celebration events for wines of particular regions or commercial events promoting anything from wines in general…
Making great wine is only part of the wine business, after ensuring the quality is as good as it can be wine producers need to sell their product and because there are so many great wines available it is getting…
The annual Air New Zealand Wine Awards dinner was held in Nelson a couple of weeks ago and it was an absolute triumph for all concerned but especially for Nelson wineries. While there are a number of wine competitions in…