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Gold standard ... Ostler Wines general manager and co-owner Jim Jerram said a gold medal for the Caroline's pinot noir 2018 at the International Wine Awards was a "huge tick of approval" for the local wine industry. PHOTO: REBECCA RYAN Kurow’s Ostler Wines is continuing with its medal-winning ways, securing gold for its Caroline’s 2018 pinot noir in the prestigious International Wine Challenge (IWC). The IWC assesses every wine “blind”, and the wines are judged for their faithfulness to style, region and vintage. This medal is the sixth consecutive gold for the Caroline’s vintage, w...

Friday, 18 December 2020, 9:03 am There is a total fire ban in Central Otago from 8 am this morning (Friday 18 December). The prohibited zone includes Alexandra, Clyde, Cromwell, Wanaka, Lake Hawea, Naseby, Ranfurly, Kurow, Otematata, Omarama and Middlemarch. The rest of Otago remains in a restricted season. The area going in to a total fire ban has been in a restricted fire season since the beginning of October. Any permits acquired during the restricted season will no longer be valid when the prohibition order comes into effect. Principal Rural Fire Officer Mark Mawhinney says there have b...

JOHN BISSET/Stuff Thomas Jacob Goodman had cannabis and alcohol in his blood when he died after his vehicle plunged down a bank. A Waimate man killed after his vehicle barrel-rolled down a bank had cannabis in his system, was close to five times over the legal alcohol limit, and was not wearing a seatbelt. When Thomas Jacob Goodman decided to head home after dinner and a few drinks with his colleagues at the Kurow farm where they worked, his boss offered him a bed for the night. He declined. The next morning, Goodman’s vehicle was discovered at the bottom of a steep slope.