THE WINE INDUSTRY.
A NEW. company, with a capital of £20,000, .. has just: been privately floated by Mr. W. R. Holmes, for the purpose ox effecting ■■ the : ■ ■■- : ,-■< amalgamation of .'several of the local companies engaged in the making of New Zealand ■ wine. ./The new company completed the ■ X purchase yesterday of the Gardenhurst property, Remuera, belonging to Mr. James Mason, where upwards >of live acres of : ; grapes are grown under. glass. The balance of the land, after reserving the long road .' frontage for building -purposes, is being, : trenched, and will, be planted this season as an open,,, vineyard. Wine cellars are to , be erected, and the working; of the! new, 5 J J company will be centralised as far as pos- ti sible at Gardenhurst,; The businesses amal- : , gamated • under this scheme' are: .-'■ The Vine-' '. land Wine Company, Whangarei, Glen Var Winery, Gardenhurst Yineries, Zealand!*' Wine Agency, Fort-street-, and others. The' amalgamated company, in addition to its' own large stock of wine, will have the agency of several vineyards, and thus have / , command of variety as well as quantity.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12602, 17 June 1904, Page 4
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179THE WINE INDUSTRY. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12602, 17 June 1904, Page 4
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