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Hunters Wines - Hunters Marlborough New Zealand
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Hunter's Wines has a reputation for consistently producing the highest quality wines year after year, and Jane is the driving force behind its ongoing success. Not surprisingly, Jane has been described by the London Sunday Times as the star of New Zealand wine. In 1993 she received an OBE for service to the wine industry, and in 1997 was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Massey University for her outstanding contribution to the industry. A fiercely independent, family-owned winery, Hunter's Wines was the combined dream of Ernie and Jane Hunter. It was the inspired foresight of the ever-enthusiastic Ernie, New Zealand’s ‘unofficial wine ambassador’, which recognised the vast potential of Marlborough as a premier wine-growing region. However, only five years after producing his first six award winning wines (in fact, the first six Hunter’s Wines to emerge), he was tragically killed in a motor accident at the age of 37. In the aftershock of this, Jane, herself a highly qualified viticulturist with a long family history of Australian grape growing, resolved to build on the vineyard s proven potential. Through her strong determination, together with the talents of Chief Winemaker Gary Duke and eminent Australian oenologist Dr Tony Jordan, Hunter's Wines has achieved an enviable reputation both in this country and in the wine capitals of the world. This list of industry accolades is impressive indeed. Quality not quantity was Ernie Hunter's catch cry and this philosophy lives on to this day. Since 1987 Jane has been owner, viticulturist and managing director of Hunter's Wines. During that time, the vineyard has expanded to 4 times its original size.
Approximately 50% of this production is exported, particularly to the UK, but also to Switzerland, Ireland, Denmark, Australia, the USA, Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong, Denmark and Brazil.
Jane was brought up in South Australian wine country and her father still grows grapes in the Riverland, just north of the famous Barossa Valley. After a short period studying animal husbandry, Jane changed her specialist area and is now a highly qualified viticulturist, with an Agricultural Science degree from the University of Adelaide. Jane was initially employed by Montana as national viticulturist, in charge of all Montana vineyards, organising research and development and liaising with managers and contract growers. In 1983, the late Ernie Hunter and Jane began a fledgling winery near Blenheim using borrowed gear from an old cider factory in Christchurch. Four years later, after Ernie s sudden death, Jane took over the management of Hunter's Wines. The winery has continued to grow in size, annual output and reputation.
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