Harvest has officially begun here in the South Island with grapes being picked today for sparkling wine base in Marlborough. Read more about it here in The Marlborough Express.
Its, as always, will be a drawn out affair with the majority of the final grapes to come in usually picked in Central Otago around early May.
As always harvest labour is a major issue at the time of year. While there are a number of picking crews around there are often not enough people to go around. Unlike other countries NZ does not have a ready source of migrant labour and many NZers dont seem to like this kind of work.
Stay tuned for more updates throughout the vintage.
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