The Hawke’s Bay group included Gavin Dalton – assistant winemaker at Brookfields Winery, Ryan Fraser – vineyard manager at Paritua Winery, and Sara Macdonald – assistant winemaker at Sileni.
What better way to introduce international guests to what the South Australian wine industry has to offer than through a visit to Adelaide’s iconic Penfolds Magill Estate.
They visited the old working winery, took a look around the cellars carved an incredible 16 metres into the hill underground, and enjoyed a special tasting of Penfolds wine.
The NZ visitors will now meet with and learn from SA wine producers about water saving initiatives, soil and vine health practices, future proofing against climate change, regenerative viticulture, and wine tourism.
Both cities are proud members of the Great Wine Capitals Global Network that formally recognises them as being among the top wine destinations in the world and benchmarking them against other respected regions such as Bordeaux and the Napa Valley.
Photo credit: Caitlin Davies