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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.
And here's to you. Bill Griffiths, Gordon Moody (association president) Kevin Sullivan, Fred Irving and Russell Lowe (secretary-treasurer) were in fine form
A glass of wine and a joke are shared by Bernie Howarth and Fred and Pat Mills
Studying a recipe? Fred Irving and Ivan Batty seem to be in the right mood
Mr and Mrs K. R. Hosie and Mrs D. Morris were among the wine makers
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
Mrs Sheila Weir, who gave a talk on using wine in cooking, inspects a label while Mr J. Wells looks on, glass in hand
Ivy Walker and Zoe Ching were happy about the whole thing
Deep in discussion (about wine?) were Roger Dodds and Ray Mansbridge
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
Bert Walker and Ivan Batty chat over a drink (s)