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Katrina Jackson wins the 2021 Corteva Central Otago Young Viticulturist of the Year
July 16th, 2021
Katrina Jackson from Chard Farm has won the Corteva Central Otago Young Viticulturist of the Year 2021 regional competition.
Katrina will now be the fourth woman out of six to compete in the 2021 National Final – a first for the Young Vit competition.
Congratulations also goes to Nina Downer from Felton Road who came second and Annabel Wylie from Grape Vision who came third.
Another first for the Young Vit competition is that seven of the eight contestants in the Central Otago competition were women.
The competition was held at Otago Polytechnic Central Campus in Cromwell, where the contestants rotated around various challenges such as trellising, pruning, machinery, irrigation, wine analysis and budgeting. A large crowd gathered to watch the Biostart Hortisports race and enjoy a Fruitfed Supplies BBQ. They impressed the judges by stepping out of their comfort zone in som
First woman to win Corteva Marlborough Young Viticulturist of the Year Competition
July 5th, 2021
Congratulations to Jessica Wilson from Whitehaven who became the Corteva Marlborough Young Viticulturist of the Year 2021. The competition was held on 1 July following at Giesen’s Stump Creek Road Vineyard in Renwick.
Congratulations also goes to Jessica Marston from Villa Maria who was Runner Up and Tahryn Mason also from Villa Maria who came third.
This is the first time in the sixteen years of the Marlborough Young Vit Competition that a woman has taken out the title.
It’s one of the original Young Vit regional competitions and always oversubscribed with many young viticulturists applying to enter.