If you fantasize about leaving your home country for distant shores -- and finding employment and love while there -- read Jen Parr's interview on becoming a winemaker in New Zealand.
Jen Parr, an American, was recently nominated by Gourmet Traveller Wine Magazine as one of 6 finalists for NZ Winemaker of the Year in 2019. How did she end up on that list? A former financial software saleswoman, she quit a field she wasn’t passionate about to figure out what would make her happy. Introspection led her towards food and drink, and ultimately, making wine.
You’re an American who found herself working as a winemaker in New Zealand, now married to a Kiwi. How did that happen? A stroke of luck introduced me to Patrice Lescarret, the eccentric and extremely talented and generous Winemaker at Causse Marines. After long days picking grapes, he introduced me to my first natural wines , to Chenin Blanc, to my first great Burgundies.
While in Gaillac, I wrote about 70 letters to wineries in NZ asking for harvest work. Those who took time to reply graciously told me “no thanks” until finally Villa Maria in Marlborough took a chance on a mature yet incredibly green aspiring winemaker in 2003. That was the beginning of my journey. Eventually I was offered the Assistant Winemaker role at Olssens in Central Otago.
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