Waitaki District
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Oct 17, 2026
Kate WilsonGUEST
They are generally e- uh, they're connected with the different communities generally, not always, but they are mapped right throughout New Zealand.
Kate WilsonGUEST
But Otago is exceedingly lucky to have the most, um, if you include, include, um, um, Alps to Ocean, which we still see the Waitaki as part of Otago, I hope.
Kate WilsonGUEST
Um, the, the, there is the m- the most length of cycleways is in Otago, and all connecting up, uh, which is really, really exciting.
Dave Bainbridge-ZafarGUEST
Uh, yeah.
Chris ScottHOST
On this week's show, I'm joined with John Forrest of Forrest Wines in Marlborough, New Zealand.
Chris ScottHOST
John was one of the first people in the country to grow Albarino grapes commercially, and I last interviewed him in the Waitaki Valley back in 2009.
Chris ScottHOST
We tasted Albarino together, and one piece of advice from a Spanish winemaker shaped the whole wine.
Chris ScottHOST
I hope your week's been good.
10 MINS LATER
Chris ScottHOST
So there's the key regions.
Chris ScottHOST
And as I said, John Forrest of Forrest Wines is based in Marlborough, New Zealand with vineyards in Marlborough.
Chris ScottHOST
He's also got some in the Waitaki Valley in North Otago and was one of the first to grow Albarino commercially.
Chris ScottHOST
I first interviewed John in Waitaki Valley in 2009.
Dominik YanzickGUEST
So I was just working on the floor, on the factory floor, and then, um, eventually sort of ran a team.
Dominik YanzickGUEST
But actually prior to this, and I think this is probably where you were leaning to earlier in the question, is I grew up down the Waitaki Valley and so, um, grew up and working on, um, a range of different farms down there.
Dominik YanzickGUEST
Um, but what, uh, whether it's in a dairy or high country is sort of, um, you don't have many other options work-wise [laughs] if you're growing up in the Waitaki.
Dominik YanzickGUEST
Um, but, um, what drew me to Christchurch was actually to study here at the University of Canterbury.
Karl Le QuesneGUEST
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Karl Le QuesneGUEST
East Cape, Taranaki - King Country, Kaikoura, West Coast - Tasman, Southland, and Waitaki.
Anisha SathiaCORRESPONDENT
And do those stay very much the same year to year? 'Cause I know electorates kind of change based on populations.
Karl Le QuesneGUEST
Broadly, they stay the same election to election, but last year we had a, the Representation Commission, which is an independent body, did a review of the boundaries, and so there were a few changes in some of the electorates, mostly in the North Island.
Manaia StewartHOST
Uh, I've, I've been there, I've done it before.
Manaia StewartHOST
Go down to the, to the Waitaki, uh, hydroelectric scheme, uh, and you're like, "Too early.
Manaia StewartHOST
Too early.
Manaia StewartHOST
There's still frost.
Reuben FisherHOST
11, where's that in
Jim HopleyGUEST
the country? It was Waitaki
Reuben FisherHOST
in Omaru.
Reuben FisherHOST
Oh, in Omaru.
6 MINS LATER
Reuben FisherHOST
Okay.
Reuben FisherHOST
Sorry, did you join that in Christchurch after the move or you joined that? I
Jim HopleyGUEST
joined Waitaki.
Jim HopleyGUEST
World Arts Chapter in 1986.
Chris ScottHOST
That was back in 2009, so not quite 20 years.
Chris ScottHOST
Back then, he was talking about the Waitaki Valley.
Chris ScottHOST
Well, something that John was working on even back then was producing low-ish alcohol wine, and his Doctor range is probably one of the leading and, if not one of the first, really focused on producing high quality, mid-strength wines.
Chris ScottHOST
We talked to him about how he gets his Sauvignon Blanc down to 9.5% and without it tasting thin, and why he steers clear of things like spinning cone to strip alcohol out of the wines.
9 MINS LATER
Chris ScottHOST
But next up we've got my guest, John Forrest of Forrest Wines, New Zealand.
Chris ScottHOST
Now, John started making mid-strength wines back in 2006 when this podcast first launched, long before lower alcohol was fashionable, and his Sauvignon Blanc picked up a gold medal in the 2012 that changed the course of his business.
Chris ScottHOST
The last time I saw John was in the Waitaki Valley in 2009, so it's great to have him back on the show.
Chris ScottHOST
Let's have a listen to what John has to say.
Emile DonovanHOST
Yeah.
Emile DonovanHOST
Speaking of the community, I mean, did locals in Waitaki get, get much of a chance to be involved in, in the filming?
Mal TavendaleGUEST
Yep.
Mal TavendaleGUEST
So there was lots of, um, extras in the background, so it's amazing watching it now and some of the people spruced up in their Victorian gears and, um, you know, one of, one of the guys that comes along to a lot of our council meetings, he had his beard done up and curled up nicely.
Emily WalkerHOST
And then Heather Duclis-Yellen kind of went further.
Emily WalkerHOST
Is this just Joe speaking or is this, you know, does the environmental spokesperson align or former minister David Parker? Like he's obviously running in Waitaki.
Emily WalkerHOST
Like how's he sort of sitting with this? And Joe said that Rachel Booking, who's the environmental spokesperson, has spent three years visiting farms to understand the sector's complexity firsthand.
Emily WalkerHOST
So that's kind of interesting.
Andy ThompsonHOST
jason's jason's not known for uh keeping his mouth shut uh so so that down in tapanui so because that yeah that that'll be because that's actually not far from uh that's sort of on the border isn't it really for
Anna GillespieGUEST
well no southland comes right up so southland comes kind of up right up to um queenstown alexandra is in southland And then the Waitaki comes, yeah, so we kind of sit on the border of Waitaki and Omiko, and then Cromwell is in Waitaki, Wanaka's in Waitaki.
Anna GillespieGUEST
So, yeah, it's a bit of a funny line through there.
Andy ThompsonHOST
Yeah, okay.
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