Workers pour in for vintage thrill (NZ)

While many Marlborough wine companies are gearing up for an influx of overseas workers for vintage at the end of next month, smaller boutique wineries will carry on with minor staffing changes. Villa Maria Estate Marlborough chief winemaker George Geris said the usual number of 50 to 60 employees would begin work about the third week of March for the grape harvest. Workers were an international brigade, including from the United States, Italy, Chile, Poland, Brazil, Australia, France, Belgium, and Spain, reports The Marlborough Express.