May 2024

The May 2024 issue of Winepress looks at:

WinePRO
WinePRO will be an opportunity to explore cutting edge technology already at play in New Zealand’s wine industry, and to hear about developments, initiatives and future aspirations.

Vineyard Lab
Finishing touches are being made to a future-focussed vineyard lab able to simulate climate change, including advancing growth by up to four weeks, says Plant & Food Research’s Damian Martin.

Avoiding Burnout
The attributes that drive success early in a career can be the same ones that “burn you out” later on, says performance and resilience expert Nick Petrie. If people don’t learn to update their approach to work, and operate “in much smarter ways”, they are at high risk of burn out.

Wine Story – Kevin Courtney

Generation Y-ine - Robert Winup

Cover: The 2023-2024 growing season was a “testbed” for Cloudy Bay’s autonomous vineyard tractor V3. “The quality of the jobs completed rivalled that of conventional tractor operations,” says Cloudy Bay vineyard innovation and engineering manager Murray Faber. Photo Jim Tannock. See page 16

The May issue of Winepress marks the 100th and final issue prepared by Sophie Preece our editor who has overseen the magazine since 2015.  Finishing on 100 was a coincidence - we were not counting - but we wanted to thank Sophie for her fantastic coverage of our wine industry's stories and people over this time. You can still read and keep up with Sophie’s stories as she continues with her role with NZ Winegrower Magazine.

June will be the first issue for the new Winepress editor, Bev Doole. We welcome Bev to the team and know that Winepress will continue to deliver the content and stories you love. Welcome Bev.