Pinot Favours the Brave…

January 30, 2013By Yvonne

I’m writing this column from the comfort of a cloth-covered trestle table upstairs in the Wellington Town Hall in what has been dubbed the “Media Centre”.  I’ve worked in loads of “media centres” around the traps in the past but this would take the cake for no-frills.  Although at least here there’s one of those … Read More

Wine Industry Heavy Hitters get their Cricket Bats Out…

January 18, 2013By Yvonne

PINOT NOIR AND CRICKET: A MATCH MADE IN WELLINGTON Wellington – make that New Zealand – will have never seen a cricket match quite like this… On Sunday 27 January, the day before the Pinot Noir 2013 conference opens in the capital, a team of touring English wine celebrities, captained by Jasper Morris MW*, will … Read More