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Some of those wine farms are years old, wine tourism has been well developed for a long time. I had the time of my life. My journey into the wine industry was quite by accident actually. I never really had the X-factor to become a hot-shot scientist, I was driven to vegetarianism by the smell of the research test animals while manipulating their hearts. Instead, I got a job as a medical rep with one of the pharmaceutical companies I did trials for, which was very humbling, and I was about to embark on a short-lived career when I attended a wine festival on the top of Paarl Mountain with an old friend.
There was this Kiwi with really flat vowels One thing led to another, and 3 years later after some serious to-ing and fro-ing, I arrived in NZ with my suitcase and my university degrees. At first, I worked for a German diagnostics company in NZ, where I was very lucky to have good business principles drilled into me by a patient team.
I learnt that writing a research paper is not dissimilar to a business plan, so I was on my way. We were going to keep it small, but the brand and the NZ wine industry exploded internationally.
The rest is history. Obviously, building the Kim Crawford brand into the mega NZ brand that it is today, with the help of Constellation in the past few years, has been one of my biggest business successes. But the launch and life of Pansy! It was against the advice of many, but what a party that was!
To date, I am immensely proud of what we have achieved at Loveblock Farm, it was a massive challenge and is ever evolving. When Kim and Erica Crawford sold their eponymous brand more than a decade ago, they followed their values to create a new wine brand highlighting the best of New Zealand. Known for their sophisticated vegan fare, Gypsy Caravan opened up their beautiful courtyard yet again to host another Vegan […].
Loveblock is one of those wineries. Though you may not be familiar with Loveblock, the winery based in the Lower Awatere valley of Marlborough, you most certainly have heard of its owner and winemaker, Kim Crawford. After achieving sizable success with his eponymous label, […]. The dry-grown vines, planted in by John Thomson, are deeply anchored in gravelly, friable, basalt loams over clays and an ancient limestone seabed.
Second generation winemaker Belinda Thomson, with her father, continues the philosophy of minimal intervention and movement during vinification. Region: VIC- Henty. Current stock: If anything, it's more subtle, savoury even. Sure it has the hint of lemon The palate is rich and juicy at In addition to the wine spending extended time on lees, a small amount has been barrel Blossoms of lime and apple lift the nose, together with talc and delicate white stone fruit.
The front palate is soft and supple with fruit and It shows great velocity through the palate, pinpoint accuracy too, zestiness, a mouth-puckering and refreshing finish.
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