Vineyard manager at Cromwell’s Domaine-Thomson Simon Gourley will represent Central Otago at the Bayer New Zealand Young Viticulturist of the Year 2019 competition at the Bragato conference in Hawke’s Bay next month. He and seven other viticulturalists competed in the selection competition at Otago Polytechnic’s Central Campus Bannockburn last Thursday and then during the awards evening at the Bannockburn Hotel.

Simon Gourley is New Zealand’s Young Horticulturist 2019
Following Simon’s win of The Young Viticulturist of the Year in August, it was his turn to compete in the RNZIH Young Horticulturist of the Year competition in Auckland over the last 3 days – and he won!