Program
Southern Pinot Workshop 23-25th January 2025
Day 1
10:00am Check-in and informal lunch from 11:30am
12:30pm Welcome to the Workshop
1.00pm Guest Speaker Rob Walter – Winemaker & Owner – Place of Changing
Winds
2.30 pm Afternoon tea
3.00pm Presentation – Improving Sales and Image of NZ Pinot – By Steve Smith MW
4.30pm Australian Pinot Noir tasting: Presented by Steve Flamsteed – Senior
Consultant and Director at Wine Network Consulting Pty Ltd
6.00pm Tasting of 2023 bottled wines – Presented by Winemakers
7:30pm Dinner
Day 2
7:30am Breakfast
8:30am Burgundy Pinot Noir tasting presented by the Winemaker
10.00am Morning Tea
10.30am First flight of NZ barrel samples 2024
12.00pm Second flight of NZ barrel samples 2024
1.30pm Lunch
2.00pm Third flight of NZ barrel samples 2024
3.30pm Afternoon Tea
4.00pm Lincoln University Trial- Presented by Leandro Dias Araujo
4.30pm Free time
6:00pm Tasting of 2023 bottled wines and experiments Presented by Winemakers
7:30pm Dinner
Day 3
7:30am Breakfast
8:30am Fourth flight of NZ barrel samples 2024
10.00am Morning Tea
10.30am Fifth flight of NZ barrel samples 2024
12.00pm Wrap up and discussion and review of the SPW25 workshop
1:00pm Lunch and Departures