Our host Jody Pagey will present the range of Central Otago wines from Providore Wines, Central Otago. We will be tasting four Pinot Noirs Including their two top wines. We will also taste the Riesling and two Rose wines. Canapes will be created by the team at Aikmans.

Jody is South Island born and bred and Winemaker for Providore Wines. He lives on a lifestyle block in Central Otago with his wife Meghan, Huntaway dog Forrest, two cats Isla and Barry, four chickens, a rooster named Bernard, a pair of pigs called Big Stripe and Scratch and their 12 piglets. He moved to Central Otago in 2007 to start the more settled stage of his winemaking career after spending 2 years as a travelling winemaker. He then spent a further seven years winemaking at Terra Sancta.

His winemaking philosophy is one of restraint. Jody believes that the role of the winemaker should be one of interpretation. Listening to the season, understanding what that means for the fruit and then translating that into wine that speaks of its origins. The vineyard, the soils and the season should be easily recognisable in the wines, not the winemaker.

This event will sell out so be quick to get your tickets!!