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Excusez-Moi, C’est Syrah!

Why does New Zealand call its wine Syrah when its larger neighbor calls it Shiraz? Are we being a little pretentious, peut-être?

In the June issue of Wine Business Magazine, Misha investigates the origins of this much talked about variety and why it’s creating such a media sensation. Misha talks to winemaker Warren Gibson from Trinity Hill and Bilancia, wine commentator Sam Kim, as well as Steve Skinner from Elephant Hill Estate, to understand why people are even talking about Syrah given so little of it is planted in New Zealand. The question is whether Syrah is ever likely to be New Zealand’s next coup in the world of wine or remain just the domain of artisan producers.

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A Blanc Check

With another harvest completed in New Zealand and an ever-increasing volume of Sauvignon Blanc, is it a case of too much of a good thing?

In the May issue of Wine Business Magazine, Misha talks to some key figures in the New Zealand wine industry, including Neal Ibbotson from Saint Clair, one of the country’s biggest Sauvignon Blanc producers and Clive Weston from Negociants New Zealand, on their view of the delicate balance of supply versus demand. With increasing production the question is whether New Zealand still has room for growth with its signature variety.

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Tags: Misha, Misha Wilkinson, mishas vineyard, Negociants, Saint Clair, Sauvignon Blanc, WBM, Wine Business Monthly

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Is Central Otago Pinot as Good as it Gets?

Central Otago is a phenomenon in the wine world – a region that produces an infinitesimal amount of wine in global terms but a region which is not insignificant in terms of its reputation.

In the February edition of Wine Business Magazine Misha looks at whether the quality of its wines live up to the hype! The article explores the region, the organizations and the fast transition from pioneering wine district onto the centre stage of world wines.

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Tags: central otago, central otago pinot, Central Otago Pinot Noir, Misha, Misha Wilkinson, misha's, mishas vineyard, new zealand wine, pinot noir, WBM, wine Business Magazine, Wine Business Monthly

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Filling America’s Cup

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Misha’s feature for the September issue of WBM was called Filling America’s Cup which looks at the opportunities for New Zealand premium wines in the competitive US market.

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Tags: central otago, central otago pinot, Central Otago Pinot Noir, Misha, Misha Wilkinson, mishas vineyard, new zealand wine, pinot noir, US wine market, WBM, wine Business Magazine, Wine Business Monthly

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Each month Misha writes a feature for Wine Business Magazine in Australia.

In July, Misha’s feature story in WBM was an analysis of bottle packaging entitled The Face of New Zealand Wine and in August, her feature, UK Market Health Check was a report on the health of the UK market and the opportunities for New Zealand wines.

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Wine Business Magazine Article by Misha
In the article for the June edition of Australia’s Wine Business Magazine, titled New Thinking for New Brands, Misha shares some of her ideas and thoughts on building a vineyard brand from New Zealand.

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Wine Business Magazine Article from Misha
Each month Misha writes an article for Wine Business Magazine – the Australian wine trade magazine. For May the article was titled Betting on the Singapore Market and focuses on the opportunities for New Zealand Wine in Singapore.

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Wine Business Magazine Article from Misha
This article analyzes New Zealand’s position in the green stakes – which happens to be leaps and bounds over other markets, including Australia. New Zealand has an imperative to be ‘green’ – it has a moral imperative in order to live up to perceptions that New Zealand already holds as a clean green nation, and also it now has an imperative by industry body New Zealand Winegrowers who have prescribed all vineyards in New Zealand must have a ‘a green bill of health’!

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New Wine Business Magazine article from Misha

Misha’s recent article in Wine Business Magazine entitled “Pinot Noir – Fashion or Fad”, received some great interest from around the world. The article is largely based around the Pinot Noir 2010 event which was held in Wellington, New Zealand in February 2010. The event attracted Pinot Noir lovers globally for a four-day celebration of all things Pinot! Pinot Noir is now New Zealand’s second most exported varietal and New Zealand is clearly positioned as producing some of the world’s best!

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Since September 2009 Misha has been writing a New Zealand focussed segment in Wine Business Magazine (WBM), an Australian wine business magazine published in Adelaide by Free Run Press under Editor Anthony Madigan. With kind permission of WBM the articles written by Misha are re-produced in PDF form below and are available for visitors to Misha’s Vineyard website to read. Please respect the copyright that applies to these articles and make any requests for re-use of the content to Wine Business Magazine, 37 Fullarton Road, Kent Town, South Australia 5067. Phone: +61 8 8362 3122.

WBM September 2009: “Neighbourly Advice”. This article reports on the biennial New Zealand Wine Exporters Forum held in Christchurch on 29th to 31st July 2009.

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WBM November 2009: “Japan – Too big, too hard or too good to miss?” A look at the opportunities for New Zealand in the Japanese wine market.

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WBM December 2009/January 2010: “On with the show – or not.” A review of the benefit of submitting wines for medal contention at NZ wine shows.

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WBM February 2010: “Is New Zealand Savvy about Aromatics?” With the success of Sauvignon Blanc around the world, are the range of New Zealand cool climate aromatics also getting enough attention?

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