New Zealand wineries Rippon and Te Mata hit the mark

Max Allen caught up recently with a couple of great Kiwi winemakers from opposite ends of the country, both making some utterly delicious wines. Nick Mills is the winemaker at his family’s 40-year-old Rippon vineyard, spectacularly sited on the shores of Lake Wanaka in Central Otago in the South Island. It’s always fascinating to hear Mills’s thoughts on growing grapes according to biodynamic farming principles.