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The best places to eat and drink in New Zealand, according to Sam Neill
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Best places to eat and drink in New Zealand: Actor Sam Neill names his favourite places
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Posted on April 10, 2021
(Blair and L.J. Nicholas) and winemaker Isabelle Meunier
Nicholas Family Vineyards, which recently acquired the iconic 36-acre Bella Vida Vineyard estate in the heart of the Dundee Hills sub-AVA, has announced the addition of Isabelle Meunier as winemaker. Meunier will direct and oversee all single-estate vineyard winemaking operations for Nicholas Family Vineyards, which was primarily planted in the late nineties in the storied Jory soils of the AVA, with elevations ranging from 600-800 feet, and farmed LIVE sustainable and Salmon Safe.
Meunier, a Quebec native, studied winemaking and viticulture in Burgundy at the University of Dijon and worked under Pascal Marchand at Domaine de la Vougeraie. Meunier also studied in New Zealand at Lincoln University and worked closely with Blair Walter at Felton Road. Upon joining Evening Land in 2007, Meunier quickly became one of Oregon’s most acclaimed winemakers, as her wines were selected for the Wine Spectat
Making the Case for New Zealand Reds
BY REBECCA GIBB MW | MARCH 02, 2021
Almost a century before Pinot Noir found its feet in Central Otago and Martinborough, a Croatian-born viticulturist toured New Zealand to assess the potential for making wine. In 1895, Romeo Bragato visited the country’s fledgling vineyards, tasting the fruit and delivering his thoughts on the suitability of the climate and soils. In his
Report on the Prospects of Viticulture in New Zealand, he declared that Central Otago, the Wairarapa and Hawke’s Bay were well adapted to wine production. In a later publication Bragato suggested that the most suitable red grapes were Syrah, the two Cabernets, Dolcetto and Pinot Noir. However, the brakes were slammed on New Zealand’s development as a wine-producing nation. Bragato’s report coincided with the rise of a strong temperance movement, which led to a close-run vote on prohibition in 1919 and ushered in a slew of restrictive measures on wine sales, some of w