HOSPICE WAIRARAPA WINE MAGNUMS

Collaborative winemaking for Hospice cause

Two top Martinborough winemakers are behind an innovative fund-raiser for Hospice Wairarapa: collaborating to create limited edition magnums of unique sub-regional wine blends.

Larry McKenna (Escarpment Vineyard) produced a Te Muna Road Martinborough Pinot Noir, assembling ‘juice’ from seven Te Muna producers, while Martinborough Vineyards Paul Mason pulled together seven Martinborough vineyards to create “a typical Martinborough Chardonnay”. … Continue Reading

Artists of Martinborough.

On White Rock road, just opposite Brackenridge, is the home and studio of Matt Guild who lives there with his lovely wife Lydia wife and two children. Matt is one of the very talented artists who live and create in Martinborough. I was very privileged (as a wannabe artist myself) to visit Matt and see his paintings.
His studio, named The Red Barn is a light filled space, with furniture designed and made by Matt, just another talent of this clever man.
A quote on Matt’s new website www.mattguild.com states “I have always loved drawing and painting. Even from an early age I could only dream of doing what I am doing now. I consider it a gift and one that I am blessed to be able to share with others.” … Continue Reading

GOLF CLUB NEWS

By Kevin Campbell

We are very fortunate at the club to have had a great influx of green fee players with several groups having played during the past month. Rex Moller brought several of his cobber’s from all over the country to play recently and 40 players from Royal Wellington visited last Monday and were very impressed with the state of the greens. They didn’t believe the club only had one and a half green keepers whereas they have between 12 and 15 to look after their course. … Continue Reading

Future Governance

During the month the report commissioned by the three Wairarapa District Council on future governance options for the Wairarapa was released. The report by Morrison Low runs to many pages and is a statistician’s dream. However it does throw up many interesting facts.
One common myth which is exposed is the one that Wellington rates are far lower than Wairarapa’s, something which is dished out to the council time and again. The South Wairarapa annual rate per capita is $1,134 Wellington’s is $1,016 – hardly the ‘only half’ which is frequently quoted.
The report considers that there is a general preference for a combined Wairarapa council rather than being a part of a Greater Wellington City. Further considerable investigation and community consultation will obviously be required to refine this. … Continue Reading