Having to settle for finalist last year, this year, winemaker Jen Parr of Valli Vineyards took out the big prize, named 2020 New Zealand Winemaker of the Year by Australasia’s Gourmet Traveller WINE magazine. She is, we’d guess, somewhat driven, working as a consultant for Wild Earth, Kinross, Stewart Town Vineyard and Black Quail, and serving as a Wine Judge and a Mentor in the Women in Wine’s Pilot Mentor Programme. Well deserved, we say.
