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NZ profiles – Urlar & Vynfields

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At the end of the week of the Master of Wine exams, we conclude this series of relatively technical profiles of leading New Zealand wine producers of particular interest to Monty Waldin, author of Monty Waldin's Biodynamic Wine Guide 2011 (sold via www.lulu.com) with two from the south east of the North Island. For a list of the other producers profiled, scroll down to the bottom of this article.

URLAR, Gladstone, Wairarapa

Urlar is located in the Gladstone sub-region of the Wairarapa. It was planted from 2004 by then thirty-something Angus Thomson, a Scot whose family were involved...