Highly qualified viticulturists behind future export drive.
Penfolds have initiated a planting programme to provide the base for a major export drive in the mid 1980 s. New Zealand with its temperate climate has developed in RHINESDALE .MILLER TH ER GAL a wine type not unlike that of Germany so that it should create international appeal.
flic last decade has seen a tripling of the New Zealand acreage planted with grape sines. More importantly, the recent plantings a,re of a true varietal nature. As this increasing supply ol varietal grapes is combined with the recent sjgni I ican ('developments in winemaking and processing technology, it is the belief of the RHINESDALE team that our wines will be classified amongst the quality wines of the world. Six fully qualified v iticulturists nationally, with Gisborne located Mr Warwick Bruce Dip. Horl. are headed by Mr Way ne I homas M.Ag.Sc. Under their control is a fully owned subsidiary company— f lora Nurseries— whichspe-
Cialises in the propogation ol virus tree and phylloxera tolerant vines. The company‘s tw o nurseries near Auckland are already catering for the future. In one nursery 450.000 plants on their ow n roots have been prepared. In another. 1X5.000 are being grafted. Yet a third nursery in Blenheim is also producing 250.000 plants under the. control of Mr Steve Carter B.Sc. (Vil) a graduate from California.
wanting to replace their wines. Wayne I homas. formerly a senior research officer with the D.S.I.R. is an industry leader in this field and an advocate of strict hygiene in the care of vineyards. He still has an interest in the export of avocados, a field in which he and D.S.I.R. team scientist Ni/ar Mohammed made a world breakthrough in isolating the causal organism ol . the disease known as sun blotch. I he N.Z. avocado industry owes much to these men. It is this .same expertise and dedication that is being applied to the care of v ineyards producing grapes for the RHINESDAI.E brand.
I he nursery activities are an integral part of R H IN ESDALES future objectives. It isol the highest importance that grafted sines of phylloxera tolerance arc used for new plantings when establish i ni* vineyards or are used bv growers
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