A Life in Wine: 43 Vintages and Still Curious Wine has never been just a job for me. It has been a journey — a relentless pursuit of understanding how grapes, soil, climate, and human hands come together to create something extraordinary. Over the past 32 years I have worked 43 vintages across the world, […]
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There were once 6, now there is just 1
There were once 6, now there is just 1 I, Lynnette Hudson was always the winemaker and still am, but now I own the fabulous Tongue in Groove business. Life has its ups and downs, and with 6 people in the partnership there are constant changes and challenges. Relationships change, the aims and goals of […]
NEWEST LITTLE STOMPER
LITTLE STOMPER – Orange Wine 2023 When you foot stomp directly in barrels you need small feet to help you. Our families and friends provide no end of ‘little stompers’ to help. No surprise then the resulting wine is an amalgam of old and new knowledge. VINEYARD A small vineyard 83 Church Road, […]
Instant Gratification
Today is not Halloween. It may be All Hallow’s Eve (or Samhain) on the other side of the world- the celebration of death (particularly of the growing season), but you literally couldn’t get further away from that here. Instead, tomorrow (November 1st) is Beltane in New Zealand. This is a celebration of flowering, fertility, or […]
