
Gordon Russell – Esk Valley Wines
Gordon was appointed as Esk Valley winemaker in 1993 however his life in NZ wine commenced even earlier in Auckland wineries.
Gordon loves what he does and feels privileged to have had the experiences in his life so far.
www.instagram.com/nzwinepodcast
Music track featured on this podcast: ‘Here He Was’ – courtesy of Brent Page. Dog Squad Music
This episode is brought to you with thanks to www.bizebu.com – Let’s get your business started!

Sally Duncan – Laithwaites Wine
In this episode we speak with Sally Duncan, Laithwaites’ Wine NZ Country Manager and Chairperson of the Hawke’s Bay Winegrowers Association.
www.instagram.com/nzwinepodcast
Music track featured on this podcast: ‘Here He Was’ – courtesy of Brent Page. Dog Squad Music
This episode is brought to you with thanks to www.bizebu.com – Let’s get your business started!

Lawrence Francis – Interpreting Wine
Lawrence is the Founder and Host of the Interpreting Wine podcast and helps wine brands connect with their dream customers more effectively and efficiently and in doing so has produced over 470 podcasts.
www.instagram.com/nzwinepodcast
Music track featured on this podcast: ‘Here He Was’ – courtesy of Brent Page. Dog Squad Music
This episode is brought to you with thanks to www.bizebu.com – Let’s get your business started!

Lauren Swift – Swift Wines
Lauren won the inaugural New Zealand Young Winemaker of the Year competition in 2015 while working as Chief Winemaker at Ash Ridge and is now producing Swift Wines with her husband Henry.
We speak with Lauren about her journey so far and what’s coming up for her.
Listen to the Podcast Here:
This episode was recorded May 13, 2022.
www.instagram.com/nzwinepodcast
Music track featured on this podcast: ‘Here He Was’ – courtesy of Brent Page. Dog Squad Music
This episode is brought to you with thanks to www.bizebu.com – Let’s get your business started!

Candice Chow – Raymond Chan Wine Reviews
Born and raised in Hong Kong, Candice has a strong passion for fine food and wine with two decades of fine dining expertise. Having founded Candice Wine Chat and studying wine in New Zealand Candice is now also running Raymond Chan Wine Reviews.
Listen to the Podcast Here:
www.raymondchanwinereviews.co.nz
www.instagram.com/nzwinepodcast
Music track featured on this podcast: ‘Here He Was’ – courtesy of Brent Page. Dog Squad Music
This episode is brought to you with thanks to www.bizebu.com – Let’s get your business started!

Pete Turner – Winemaker
Pete Turner has spent most of his winemaking career in the Auckland region and at the time of recording was the winemaker at The Hunting Lodge in Waimauku northwest of Auckland.
Note this episode was recorded in November 2020
www.instagram.com/nzwinepodcast
Music track featured on this podcast: ‘Here He Was’ – courtesy of Brent Page. Dog Squad Music
This episode is brought to you with thanks to www.bizebu.com – Let’s get your business started!

Emma Lowe – Monowai Estate
New Zealand winemaker Emma Lowe & Chilean vineyard manager Marcelo Nunez travelled from Chile to the foothills of the Kaweka Ranges to establish their vineyard and winery on the banks of the Ngaruroro River in Crownthorpe, a cooler, higher altitude district of the Hawke’s Bay.
Listen to the Podcast Here:
Note this episode was recorded in Nov 2020
www.instagram.com/nzwinepodcast
Music track featured on this podcast: ‘Here He Was’ – courtesy of Brent Page. Dog Squad Music
This episode is brought to you with thanks to www.bizebu.com – Let’s get your business started!

Will China’s next generation techies rule the world?
Join tech journalist Bill Bennett and host Paul Spain as they discuss the latest tech news, including China’s move to limit minors’ phone usage and UNESCO’s advice to ban smartphones in school, NZ’s Airspace Integration Trials with Wisk, One NZ’s eSIMs for wearables, Concern for using AI to combat text scams, Zoom asks staff to return to the office, plus the much-anticipated showdown between tech titans Musk and Zuckerberg.
Listen to NZ Tech Podcast:
Special thanks to organisations who support innovation and tech leadership in New Zealand by partnering with NZ Tech Podcast:

AI Innovation and ElementX
Join Paul Spain and Daniel Xu, CEO and Co-founder of ElementX, as they discuss how innovations in AI are helping developers stay productive, and enhance the customer service experience. They also delve into tech news from the week, including:
- Meta Threads sees drop in users
- Waymo brings self-driving trucks to a halt
- Tech firm giants partner to release open map dataset
- Meta subsidiaries ordered by Australian court to pay $14 million
- Mondee travel booking with AI chatbot and mobile App
- Robot Guacamole
Listen to NZ Tech Podcast:
Special thanks to organisations who support innovation and tech leadership in New Zealand by partnering with NZ Tech Podcast:

Investing in the transition – Jason Patrick, NZ Green Investment Finance
Back in May, the government injected another $300m into NZ Green Investment Finance – or NZGIF – taking the green bank’s investment pool to $700m. Starting in 2019 the bank has committed about $300m in 16 transactions to-date. Given the scale of the transition, why is it such a small sum and why is it taking so long to spend it? What impact is it having on emissions reductions? And will the bank survive a potential change of government? To answer this and more Vincent was joined by chief investment officer Jason Patrick.
Listen to the Podcast Here:

The trouble with food – Emily King, author of Re-food
Emily King is the author of Re-food, a challenge to reimagine and reconstruct the food system in Aotearoa. It’s a timely book, with farmers and growers hit by extreme weather, food prices at record highs and a predominance of highly processed food at the expense of ingredients and wholefoods. But what is Re-fooding and how do we know Emily’s cure will be better than the disease? She spoke to Vincent.
Listen to the Podcast Here:

Environmental Monitoring with IoT, Ministry of Education AI Guidance + more
Join Paul Spain and Ulrich Frerk, the founder of Adroit, as they delve into the incredible potential of sensor networks, real-time data collection, and AI tools in improving data analysis and implementation here in New Zealand. Plus Tech news from around the world including:
- NZ Ministry of Education on generative AI for educators
- Breakthrough for Google’s Quantum Computing ?
- PWC and EY’s Recent MOVEit cyber-attacks
- Twitter caps amount of tweets users can read
- EU’s AI Act proposal criticised by Tech firms
- Google Domain to shut down
Listen to NZ Tech Podcast:
Special thanks to organisations who support innovation and tech leadership in New Zealand by partnering with NZ Tech Podcast: