How did we end up down under part 1

Midwest native, Aotearoa NZ resident, stoat whisperer, and Responsible Hedonist’s mischief coordinator.

Diana’s been away doing harvest the past few weeks, so Frank hit the beach solo this time. He found a random assortment of stuff on a beach called Cable Bay, including a very lost golf ball. This one is for Kyra and Robbie!

It’s day 100 of lockdown in Auckland and Frank and I have been going more than a little stir crazy @_@. So, I’m stoked to tell you I’m going down to visit the Bridge Pa Triangle in Hawke’s Bay next Wednesday to check on our vines and growers!!! I’ve also been working on some additional…

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’re Diana and Frank. We lovvve wine but hate how stuffy ppl in suits tell us what we can and can’t drink. We think that’s bullsh*t.    So, we started Responsible Hedonist to bring tasty, sustainably made wines from Aotearoa New Zealand – that *aren’t* Sauvignon Blanc.    We’re just getting started, but we can’t…

In our last video, we talked about how we’ve decided to export our wines into the USA and why that decision made sense from an environmental, financial, and long-term perspective. This video details the other factors that also went into our decision to make wine in 2022 vs. this year.  In short, we weren’t going…