Because New Zealand is so isolated, and so very far from both Europe and the US, when NZ Winegrowers organise an event, they tend to cluster other events around it so as to make the journey worthwhile for participants. Hence Julia’s programme of tastings when she went to NZ early in 2016. She reported feeling pretty fatigued by the onslaught of Pinot Noir in Central Otago, followed by Sauvignon Blanc in Marlborough and Chardonnay and fizz in Gisborne. So when invited to Pinot Noir NZ in Wellington in the south of the North Island earlier this year, I...