1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: Our wine story continues to shine globally. Wyra River twenty 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:05,240 Speaker 1: twenty five, serving on blanc, has been named in the 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,480 Speaker 1: World's Best Somalia selection is in London, chosen by the 4 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: top soamelias from seventeen countries. Lindsay Parkinson's the CEO of 5 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: the Rose family estate, who do this particular wine. Lindsay's 6 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:18,159 Speaker 1: with us, Lindsay morning, Good morning Mike, in all the 7 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:21,320 Speaker 1: good stuff you do. Where's this Is this important, this 8 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: particular series of awards? 9 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,480 Speaker 2: Yeah? So I think it is. I mean, there's certainly 10 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:29,639 Speaker 2: a lot of other things that are awarded in the 11 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 2: wine industry, but this one's all about balance. It's about structure, 12 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:36,560 Speaker 2: and it's about how wine performs with food. So familias 13 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 2: have a very specific list of requirements and to meet those. 14 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 2: It's We're very. 15 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 1: Chuffed, fantastic. Would you have said it was right up 16 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:45,199 Speaker 1: there tasting it yourself. 17 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 2: Look, I wouldn't want to say too much that might 18 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 2: but it as a favorite glass of mine. I know 19 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:53,599 Speaker 2: you're more of a red man, but it is. 20 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 1: I do enjoy it. It's only it's a twenty ish 21 00:00:57,800 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 1: dollar bottle of wine, isn't it? 22 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 2: For sure? Yep? 23 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: And that gives you, doesn't They give you an insight 24 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 1: into what you can do with wine at a very 25 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:09,960 Speaker 1: affordable price at the highest level. 26 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 2: That's that's all we've been concentrating on. There's a lot 27 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 2: of things in this world happening at the moment, but 28 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 2: the one thing that we can control is that quality 29 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:22,199 Speaker 2: and that consistency of product, and that's what we strive 30 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 2: to do. In fact, as we speak, we're harvesting the 31 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:28,199 Speaker 2: first grapes of twenty twenty six wines this morning. 32 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:31,120 Speaker 1: Is that early? How early is that for you? 33 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 2: No? Actually I checked the records and it's the exact 34 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 2: same day we started last year on the same block. 35 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 2: So we're about. We're about. 36 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 1: We're about right, good, good, good, and the business. The 37 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:44,040 Speaker 1: serving Yon Blanc story you're in London, the Serbingyon Blanc 38 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 1: story for New Zealand is as strong as ever. 39 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 2: I feel like it is. I feel we've I mean, 40 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 2: I've visited a steakhouse in Soho, I've been to the Merchant, 41 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 2: the Navy Club in Saint James Square. They still love 42 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 2: Marlboroughs Savinon Blanc. It's free, it's refreshing, it's a great wine. 43 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 1: So in this competition. There are one hundred this list. 44 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:08,639 Speaker 1: They produce the Familias list. There's one hundred and fifteen wines. 45 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 1: Are there a lot of serving Yon blocs in there? 46 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 1: And if there are, are they from other countries apart 47 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:15,639 Speaker 1: from New Zealand? And if they are, where are they from? 48 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: And are they any good? 49 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 2: There was a few, but actually I checked the list. 50 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 2: We're the only Australasian wine. There's not even an Australian 51 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 2: wine in this list. So the uniqueness of this product 52 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 2: is really something special when you consider that we're sort 53 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 2: of less than two percent of the world's production. We 54 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 2: pack a grape. 55 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:40,079 Speaker 1: Punch that's exceptional. Is there a specific touar within Marlborough 56 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 1: to a serbgyon blanc or not? 57 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 2: Well, we would like to think so. Our family have 58 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 2: been grown grape since nineteen seventy eight and in that 59 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 2: Ripara area. There's just this classic style that we can create, 60 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 2: you know, almost year in, year out. And that's not 61 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:01,799 Speaker 2: all Turowa. It's I've got an amazing team back at 62 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 2: home working very very hard for the next four weeks. 63 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:09,360 Speaker 2: So it's a combination of things. But there is something 64 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 2: special about the soil and the climate of Rapara in Marlborough. 65 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 1: Fantastic, good to talk to you, Lindsay, and congratulations on 66 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 1: that Lindsay Parkinson, who's the CEO of the Rose Family 67 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 1: Estate who make the award winning Nahuaira River serving on 68 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: Block twenty twenty five. 69 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 2: For more from the mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to 70 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:29,919 Speaker 2: news talks that'd be from six am weekdays, or follow 71 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 2: the podcast on iHeartRadio.