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‘’We re not obviously getting that tourist side which brought in quite a lot of the revenue for us on a day to day basis.’’ However, a summer pick-up in trading had been seen in the last two weeks. ‘’The people who are coming in are wine oriented and definitely buying more’’.
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Maria Mencattelli says wineries like hers are pivoting towards trade and export sales while the border remains closed. Wineries were fortunate because Kiwi restaurants were humming and worldwide demand for New Zealand wine had not dropped off, Mencattelli said. ’We’re in a very privileged position in New Zealand that everything s still going ahead, restaurants, hotels are still up and running.’’