Henry’s family have been
grape growers for over a decade, owning the ‘Hillside’
vineyard, supplying Syrah for Brookfields.
Henry has followed the family into all aspects of wine, working in
contract gangs in vineyards to kitchen work at winery restaurants and cellar
door duties, discussing and selling wine to visitors. Since coming to Wellington to study, Henry has continued his
interest in wine at Regional Wines, working with it in retail and attending
tastings. His fascination with Hawke’s
Bay continues, and his favourite wines are Ngatarawa ‘Alwyn’ Chardonnay, Craggy
Range Viognier and Church Road Syrah.
However, Henry’s curiosity and wine enjoyment has been stirred by the
number of abundant, flavoursome Cotes-du-Rhone reds that Regional stocks. This year, Henry took up writing the wine
column in the Vic Uni student’s magazine ‘Salient’ (click here to visit).
To extend himself even further, Henry has undertaken to conduct a presentation
and tasting at Regional Wines, called “Working Out Wine”, exploring the different
facets that make wines interesting. Henry
will have a different perspective, where value is a major factor in the wines,
as well as great drinkability being a neccessity. Henry has a fresh and modern approach and the
use of video footage of viticulture and winemaking plus interviews with
winemakers will make his tasting a memorable one. It will be an excellent introduction for
those new to wine. Click here for details
of ‘Working Out Wine with Henry Lyons’.