Matua winemaker takes up new role at Giesen

The award-winning Kiwi winemaker Nikolai St George has been appointed as chief winemaker of Marlborough-based Giesen Estate Wines, it has been announced. St George takes up the role after having worked for seven years at Treasury’s Matua Valley Wines, the producer of New Zealand’s first Sauvignon Blanc, and wineries in Central Otago and Waiheke Island. He will take up the new chief winemaker position on 25 January, Giesen confirmed.