Hawke’s Bay ripe for export boom

A Hawke’s Bay winemaker has suggested that a recent surge in investment from major producers has put New Zealand’s second largest wine region in a prime position to raise its profile abroad. “We’re kind of like where Marlborough was 15 years ago before Sauvignon Blanc took off,” observed Miles Dineen, winemaker at Crossroads, a 55-hectare property that came under the Yealands Estate portfolio following a merger in 2011.