Driving Down to Hawke’s Bay

Frank and I went for a walk today and did a tidy of the beach. It’s not well travelled and we got a fair bit of trash while we were out there. This is for Holly and Janna!

We were able to connect with several importers and distributors in the USA and picked their brains about exporting wine into the USA and the three-tier system*.   Originally, we planned on selling our wine Direct to Consumer, but that idea has evolved. Listen to why we’ve decided to export our wines instead and what…

Diana finished vintage this week, but was wonderfully exhausted by the experience 🥰😴🥰 Frank has been busy with work work and getting Diana ready for her next #winenerd challenge: WSET Level 3. So…..we haven’t posted an update in awhile. But! We have lots of info to share with you all and will do so next…

We talk about gatekeepers and the challenges and barriers getting into the wine industry as a winery/supplier, but let’s get specific.

Some of you may have seen this series we did on Instagram.   We scratched the surface there but we want to thank each and every one of our Patrons and do a live “What is Wine?!” with you all. That way you can get all your burning wine questions answered. We’ll be putting up…

Gatekeepers, capital expenses, and stubborn conventions of “what is a winemaker?”  Digging into why the classic winemaker image of a man drinking wine in front of a vineyard is unrealistic, unattainable, and an image that needs to be modernized to fit what winemakers actually look like today. Diana’s pretty passionate about this and we will…