In 1945, wine was made in Europe from grapes harvested during World War Two by the children of families beset by violence and famine... and it is recognised as a great vintage.
Seventy odd years away and on the other side of the world, grapes are once again harvested under extra-ordinary circumstances. As the fruit lazily ripened in an unusually cold summer and autumn, a global pandemic reached the shores of NZ.
Would the fruit culminating in a year's worth of careful viticulture be left to rot on the vines...or would the 2020 vintage be something that we'll be looking back on in year's to come as something quite special?