August 2021

The August 2021 issue of Winepress Magazine looks at:

Flood Pains
Much of the region’s vineyard area escaped last month’s floods unscathed, but some growers are grappling with the labour intensive work of clearing, repairing, replanting and rebuilding infrastructure.

Organic Symposia
Nearly 200 wine industry representatives – conventional, organic and biodynamic - flocked to the Organic Winegrowers New Zealand Winter Symposia late last month, to hear about partnering with nature to improve financial and economic sustainability.

Frost Watch
Each spring is a period of anticipation and anxiety for most New Zealand grape growers, says Dr Mike Trought, one of the speakers at an upcoming Bragato Research Institute Frost Education workshop.

Generation Y-ine - Jess Wilson

Cover: Haysley MacDonald contemplates the damage at te Pā vineyard in the Lower Wairau, following a major flood in July. Photo by Jim Tannock. See page 10