*Come on a Wine & Food Tour with BKWine* — After having worked for 16 years in France, winemaker Jenny Dobson returned to New Zealand in 1996. Her home country was at the time slowly changing from being only a country of sheep and rugby to being also a country of wine.
The region she chose to settle in was Hawke’s Bay on New Zealand’s North Island. Maybe because this is a region well suited to Bordeaux grapes. She had worked for 12 years in Médoc in Bordeaux so she was well acquainted with these grapes. And as she thinks blending is great fun, she probably appreciates the fact that here she can blend Syrah – a grape she really likes – with Cabernet and Merlot.
Here, this legendary winemaker talks about New Zealand today, what has changed and what are the challenges.
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