Winemaker’s choice for Christmas dinner and Boxing Day picnic hamper
Nick Picone digs into his cellar for the best holiday drinking.
Nevil Gibson Fri, 16 Dec 2016
Villa Maria’s chief winemaker, Nick Picone, started work as a teenager 20 years ago in the Esk Valley vineyard, Hawke’s Bay.
Since that time the Villa Maria group has clocked up more awards than any other New Zealand winery, including two years' running in the top 10 of Drinks International’s
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