So what’s this on the fork lift. Yes, 500 copies of From Bud to Bottle have arrived from China. Looking great! They are now available at Moana Park Winery’s cellar door and I’ll be delivering copies to Hawke’s Bay bookshops this week. As you can see I’m pretty chuffed. 🙂
Just received this fabulous review from Glen Comrie of the Napier Social Wine Club. Thanks so much Glen. I have been to Moana Park Winery many times, but I have never seen it quite like this. From Bud To Bottle captures a year in the life of this small but over-achieving Hawkes Bay winery, thanks […]
There’s plenty of sheep that are only to happy to help keep down the grass in our Hawke’s Bay vineyards. The sheep farmers are always on the lookout for fresh pasture and the winemakers are always looking to save on fuel and manpower. Moana Park is also keen to be green. So everybody’s happy, especially […]
Bud break has happened on the Chardonnay and will soon be there on the Merlot and Syrah. So it’s up until dawn frost fighting for the vineyard crew on the Gimblett Gravels. These images in From Bud to Bottle were taken at 6am on the 19th September last year. Wes Johnson is towing a big mobile fan heater up and down […]
Four copies of From Bud to Bottle have arrived by airmail in advance of the bulk shipment that is on the way by sea from the printers in China. The quality is top notch. Accurate, bright saturated colours and excellent case binding. The main shipment should in Auckland on October 3rd and then with me in […]
Spring has surely sprung here in Hawke’s Bay. However, I think bud break is happening a little later than last year (shown here in the introduction to spring spread from the book). I organised the book into seasons starting in winter, through spring, summer and autumn and then back to winter. The wordle her is full of […]
It’s been pretty damp and misty here in the vineyards could still be winter as this spread from the book introducing winter. From Bud to Bottle – A year in the life of a great little Hawke’s Bay Winery is naturally laid out by season. Starting in July 2013 and ending in June 2014. I took […]
Wow, so pleased with this first book review from Louise Ward of Wardini Books in Havelock. Can’t wait to get the book on the ‘Photo book’ shelves at the front of her shop. From Bud to Bottle – A Year in the Life of a Great Little Hawke’s Bay Winery The first thing that strikes you about […]