Tag: botrytis

Date: Wednesday 11 June, 2014

Time: 7.45 for 8.00 pm start

Venue: Johnsonville Community Centre Hall, 30 Moorefield Rd, Johnsonville, Wellington 6037 – Directions

Cost: Members: $14, Guests: $18

Presenter: Dan Barker, Winemaker/Owner

Dan is a passionate winemaker with experience from some of the top performing wineries in Hawke’s Bay, and has been involved in the New Zealand wine industry from both a sales and a manufacturing aspect for
18 years. Dan graduated from EIT Hawke’s Bay with a degree in Wine Science in 2003. While being runner up for Young Winemaker of the Year in 2002, he was successful and won the title in 2003. Not long after that, Dan started crafting wines for boutique producer Moana Park Winery, set in a picturesque Puketapu valley in the western hills.

When Dan and wife Kaylea later bought the winery in 2008, in the middle of a recession and in the same year they were getting married, everyone thought they were mad. Six years later and the winery has expanded exponentially and won numerous international awards, while still remaining hands-on and keenly focused on producing top quality wines underpinned by Dan’s natural, low allergen winemaking philosophy.

Wines on show this evening include:

• 2013 “Crush Pad” Riesling
• 2012 Viognier
• 2013 Chardonnay
• 2013 Gimblett Syrah from their “Estate” series
• 2012 “Reserve” Chardonnay
• 2013 Gimblett Syrah
• 2011 Botrytis Chardonnay.

I’ve tasted at Moana Park, well worth the effort.