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Wine Makers Get Together

Fine vintages flowed freely when the Waimea Wine Makers' Association held its first annual meeting recently. What a glorious job newsmen would have if all associations held similar annual meetings - a minimum of paper work and the accent on fine wine. All the pictures were taken by Bruce Giblin.

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And here's to you. Bill Griffiths, Gordon Moody (association president) Kevin Sullivan, Fred Irving and Russell Lowe (secretary-treasurer) were in fine form

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A glass of wine and a joke are shared by Bernie Howarth and Fred and Pat Mills

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Studying a recipe? Fred Irving and Ivan Batty seem to be in the right mood

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Mr and Mrs K. R. Hosie and Mrs D. Morris were among the wine makers

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Ray Mansbridge and Dickie Ralfe discussing the finer aspects of wine

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Oh boy, this is going to be good! The pleasure of sampling fine wine brewed from the best ingredients radiates from the contented face of Charlie Ching

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Mrs Sheila Weir, who gave a talk on using wine in cooking, inspects a label while Mr J. Wells looks on, glass in hand

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Ivy Walker and Zoe Ching were happy about the whole thing

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Deep in discussion (about wine?) were Roger Dodds and Ray Mansbridge

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Well it must have been funny. John Morris is all set to pour another drink, his wife (right) is still enjoying the joke and Mrs Fred Irving is undecided

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Bert Walker and Ivan Batty chat over a drink (s)