Tolchards Wine Brochure 2023 - Magazine - Page 174
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ALLAN SCOTT
T H E O R I G I N A L M A R L B O RO U G H M A N
A W IN E-I NDUSTRY KIW I TRA ILBLA Z ER
Allan Scott has a remarkable story and has
a cemented history with Marlborough wine,
from the planting of the first vines to the
global success of New Zealand’s billiondollar sauvignon blanc industry Allan Scott
and seen it and done it.
As a young farm hand he helped plant
the first vines, going on to help Montana
and Corbans establish their sauvignon
vineyards, and then to found his
own hugely successful family winery.
He knows the real stories, the mistakes
and the triumphs, the heroes and villains,
and how an unlikely region of New
Zealand’s South Island became a varietal
powerhouse and major export industry.
A lot of how it happened came down to
luck, along with perseverance and bloodymindedness, and some extraordinary
ingenuity that revolutionised winemaking.
At Tolchards we are proud to have a very
close relationship with the Scott family
which the quality of their wine and working
ethos shines through in every bottle.
