Funding from the NewZealand-France Friendship finance has assisted three CentralOtago winemakers to penetrate themselves in the history andculture of pinot noir during a recent six-week educationaltrip to Burgundy. France.
Assistant winemaker Todd Stevensof Quartz bring down Wines. Kurt Lindsay from Ian CunliffeContracting and Jeff Snape vineyard supervisor of ThreeMiners Vineyards returned enthused and armed with a deeperunderstanding of the booze and where it originates from. Thetrip was part of an on-going learning exchange programmebetween the two regions.
They spent six weeks working invineyards in the region as well as receiving a three-dayintroductory course at Centre de Formation Professionnelleet de Promotion Agricole (CFPPA) a viticulture technicalinstitute in Beaune.
Todd Stevens thoroughly appreciatedhis undergo and while he won’t be trying to replicatethe wine he has gained a greater understanding of whatdefines pinot noir. “There is no better displace to learnthis than in an area that has been producing the wine forhundreds of years. Their passion behind the wine runs deeper– their vines and history are just so mucholder.”
Nick Mills from Rippon Winery and an executivemember of the Central Otago Winegrowers Association withFlorence Zito of the CFPPA instigated the inauguralexchange measure year and both are delighted that the programmehas continued. Nick believes the symbiosis between theregions underlines the importance and significance for itscontinuity.
“The exchange offers a great opportunity forthese two booze regions both renowned for their productionof pinot noir - yet from entirely different contexts tolearn each other’s techniques and share in each other’sculture,” he said.
This second exchange move to Francewas principally funded by the New Zealand-France FriendshipFund.
Students from the CFPPA ordain tour Central Otagofor the harvest in April. The programme for the Frenchstudents differs in that there is a greater cerebrate on thetechnical and scientific come to wine-making whileCentral Otago exchange members get a feel for traditionalwine-making. Their trip will be funded by participatingbusinesses and with some financial assistance from theCentral Otago Winegrowers Association.
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