Coinciding with his 50th vintage
celebrations, one of New Zealand’s most determined and resilient visionaries,
Sir George Fistonich, releases his personal story, The Winemaker: George
Fistonich and the Villa Maria story.
Marlborough, Hawkes Bay, Auckland
…. In these three major wine regions the impact of Villa Maria is impossible to
miss. From the state-of-the-art wineries in Auckland and Marlborough, to
vineyards and wineries in Hawkes Bay, Villa Maria’s founder and owner Sir
George Fistonich has remarkably stamped his mark on New Zealand’s wine
landscape over the last fifty years.
In The Winemaker, author Kerry
Tyack traces the arc of Fistonich’s life, from his hardworking Mangere
childhood to his self-taught marketing audacity, from having to save his
beloved business from receivership to taking big bets on the future.
It is an inspiring story of a
passionate man and an impressive company, one that produces some of this
country’s very best wines. Sir George is the first-ever New Zealand
wine-industry knight, a former New Zealander of the Year, New Zealand Wine
Personality of the Year and Ernst & Young New Zealand Entrepreneur of the
Year, and in his early seventies he is showing no sign of slowing down.
The Winemaker is of interest to
wine lovers and entrepreneurs, and to all who want to know the secrets of
George Fistonich’s leadership and business success.
The book will be released on the
5th of October and is available as a full-colour Trade Paperback (RRP $45.00)
nationwide and can also be purchased as a special hard copy edition (RRP
$49.95) from Villa Maria’s online shop (www.villamaria.co.nz/the-winemaker) and Villa Maria’s Cellar Doors.
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