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Pleasure ▪ Culture ▪ Craft - Issue 11

Pleasure ▪ Culture ▪ Craft - Issue 11

December 2025 Twenty-five years ago last month, the first vines were planted at Pyramid Valley’s Waikari farm in what would become the Angel Flower block.Mike and Claudia spent fifteen years...

Pleasure ▪ Culture ▪ Craft - Issue 11

December 2025 Twenty-five years ago last month, the first vines were planted at Pyramid Valley’s Waikari farm in what would become the Angel Flower block.Mike and Claudia spent fifteen years...

Soil your undies: a simple test that changed how we think about soil health

Soil your undies: a simple test that changed ho...

Our "soil your undies" experiment has become a talking point in New Zealand viticulture the last few years, but behind the novelty factor is serious science about soil biology and...

Soil your undies: a simple test that changed ho...

Our "soil your undies" experiment has become a talking point in New Zealand viticulture the last few years, but behind the novelty factor is serious science about soil biology and...

The Cover Up (and our cover guy)

The Cover Up (and our cover guy)

National Viticulturist Nick Paulin chatted with Emma Jenkins of New Zealand Winegrower Magazine last month and landed himself the cover shot!Read the excerpt from his interview, republished with permission.Nick Paulin...

The Cover Up (and our cover guy)

National Viticulturist Nick Paulin chatted with Emma Jenkins of New Zealand Winegrower Magazine last month and landed himself the cover shot!Read the excerpt from his interview, republished with permission.Nick Paulin...

Beautiful utility in British Racing Green

Beautiful utility in British Racing Green

I love beautiful utility – things that do more than just do. Words that go beyond their spelling, to spellbind.  Tools that get the job done, but wink at you...

Beautiful utility in British Racing Green

I love beautiful utility – things that do more than just do. Words that go beyond their spelling, to spellbind.  Tools that get the job done, but wink at you...

Pleasure ▪ Culture ▪ Craft - Issue 10

Pleasure ▪ Culture ▪ Craft - Issue 10

This month, we explore the threads that connect our wines to their origins. Some spanning 150 million years, others emerging from the poetry of language and art.

Pleasure ▪ Culture ▪ Craft - Issue 10

This month, we explore the threads that connect our wines to their origins. Some spanning 150 million years, others emerging from the poetry of language and art.

Destiny

Destiny

It seems our foundation vineyard for Pyramid Valley was always destined to be a great site for genuinely cool climate Chardonnay - the reasons reach back 150 million years. Steve...

Destiny

It seems our foundation vineyard for Pyramid Valley was always destined to be a great site for genuinely cool climate Chardonnay - the reasons reach back 150 million years. Steve...