Massey Magazine November 2001

Wine & Roses

Massey University now has a rose that carries
its name, a hybrid tea bred for the University’s 75th anniversary by Dr Sam McGredy.

The vibrant flower colour of glowing orange salmon is superbly displayed against the attractive reddish-bronze new foliage. Large flowers on very strong stems, healthy matt-green foliage and medium height are all appealing qualities. It has an elusive, sweet fragrance.

Bare-rooted plants are being sold and will be available for delivery from June 2002. McGredy, a renowned rose breeder, received an honorary DSc from Massey in 1996.

Contact:
Alumni and Friends Office
Private Bag 11 222
Palmerston North
New Zealand
email: alumni@massey.ac.nz
web: http://alumni.massey.ac.nz
Available only in New Zealand

The Massey Half Dozen

Sample some of the work of the best of New Zealand’s
winemakers with the Massey Half Dozen.

Villa Maria 2000 Chardonnay

Villa Maria Cabernet Merlot

1999 Hunters Chardonnay

CrossRoads Syrrah

Montana Saints Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot

Ata Rangi Sauvignon Blanc

Contact the Alumni and Friends Office for purchase details:
Alumni and Friends Office
Private Bag 11 222
Palmerston North
New Zealand
email: alumni@massey.ac.nz
web: http://alumni.massey.ac.nz
Available only in New Zealand

Massey alumni are to be found throughout the New Zealand wine industry.

Hunter’s Wines
Jane Hunter, the owner, viti-culturalist and managing director of Hunter’s wines, has been
reckoned to be one of the leading six women winemakers in the world. Since being founded in Marlborough’s Wairau Valley in 1982 by Jane’s late husband, Hunter’s has won more than 50 gold medals in national and international competitions, most famously the gold medal and Marquis de Goulaine
Trophy for the best sauvignon blanc in the world at the 1992 International Wine and Spirit Competition. Jane Hunter is an honorary graduate of Massey University, receiving her DSc in 1997.

Kim Crawford
Like Michelle Richardson, Kim Crawford started out with a
BSc (microbiology and botany) from Massey, and then went on, at the suggestion of a lecturer, to Roseworthy College for a
postgraduate diploma in winemaking. After working with Australian, Californian and South African wine producers, Crawford returned to New
Zealand to work at Auckland’s Coopers
Creek winery. He started his eponymous label in 1996. At first the operation was largely
virtual: the fruit was sourced from contract growers and spare tanks at other wineries were used for wine production. These days the
operation owns vineyards and a winery in Marlborough. Recent trophies include both Champion Riesling and a gold medal for the Marlborough Dry Riesling 2000 at the 2001 Royal Easter Wine Show.

Montana
Peter Hubscher
It has been Peter Hubscher, a part of the wine industry since 1964, who as much as any man has helped the New Zealand wine
industry flourish. The son of
Czech migrants, Hubscher came to Massey to do a Food Technology degree; his intention, to bring
European-style cheeses to New
Zealand palates. Instead he was
recruited by McWilliams wines, took a honeymoon/pilgrimage to the wineries of Europe, and then began work at Montana, where he is now chief executive. Peter is the national chairman of the Wine Institute of New Zealand.
Montana, owned by Allied Domecq, the world’s second-largest spirits distiller, is far and away New Zealand’s largest winemaker.

Alpha Domus
Anthony Ham
Anthony Ham traded his suit for the soil in 1998 when the Massey BTech and MBA graduate quit his job with Plumbing World to manage the family vineyard planted in 1991 on 20 hectares of the West Heretaunga Plains near Hastings. The vineyard’s free-draining
alluvial soil (similar to parts of the French Bordeaux region), a low rainfall and high summer temperatures make for top-quality fruit.

Ngatarawa
Alwyn Corban
The Corbans began making wine in 1902, when Alwyn’s great-grandfather, Assid Corban, and his wife, Najibie, founded Corbans Wines (now owned by Montana).
Alwyn, who gained a PGDipTech from Massey in 1976, would go on to achieve a Master’s Degree in winemaking and viticulture from the University of California, and to establish Ngatarawa Wines in Hawke’s Bay in 1981 on his return to New Zealand.
The main grape varieties grown are chardonnay, sauvignon blanc, riesling, cabernet sauvignon and merlot.

Neudorf
Tim and Judy Finn
Tim and Judy Finn planted their first vines of Neudorf Vineyards in 1978, deriving the name from the tiny hamlet established by German settlers in 1842. The vineyard, set in the beautiful Moutere Valley at the top end of the South Island, has an international reputation for chardonnay, pinot noir, sauvignon blanc and riesling. Tim has a BAgrSci from Massey, and Judy is a former Massey student who departed to work for the Manawatu Evening Standard.

CrossRoads
Malcolm Reeves
Malcolm Reeves was a Massey
lecturer for 25 years before he and Lester O’Brien, another former Massey lecturer, set up CrossRoads Winery in 1990.
Although he has since sold the winery, Reeves remains CrossRoads’ winemaker. His oenological pedigree includes degrees in Chemistry and Food Technology, time spent in
research with the Australian Wine Research Institute, the University of California Davis, and with Napa and Hunter Valley wineries, and consultancies for a number of New Zealand wineries.