Young viticulturists vie for honours

Young viticulturists vie for honours while pruners go for silver

Hawke’s Bay’s wine industry’s pruners and young viticulturists will be vying for honours in two separate competitions to be held next week.

The Silver Secateurs Grape Vine Pruning and the Young Viticulturist competitions will be held at Mission Estate Winery on Friday 24 July with the winners proceeding on to the finals at the Romeo Bragato conference being held in Napier in August.

The Markhams Young Viticulturist competition, open to entrants up to 31 years, had attracted a good mix of first time and repeat entrants of both sexes from Hawke’s Bay and Wairarapa, said Lyn Bevin, Hawke’s Bay Winegrowers Inc. Executive Officer.

“It is heartening to see wineries big and small getting in behind their young people and providing them with the support to enter.”

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