Michael Brajkovich MW: For services to winemaking

Good thyme for viticulturist Nina Downer

The ability to follow her fruit from vineyard to winery is just one of the things 2022 Central Otago Corteva Young Viticulturist of the Year Nina Downer loves about working with a smaller producer.

Dr David Jordan: Growing science in the field

Dr David Jordan has spent his career taking science into New Zealand vineyards, while heeding the knowledge and experience of those in the field.

Neal and Judy Ibbotson: From swine to vine

When Judy and Neal Ibbotson met in the late 1960s, he was a farm adviser, she was a dental nurse, and they were each dating the other’s flatmate. “We swapped partners,” explains Neal. “It was the best thing we ever did.”