“There’s some sense of a mid-life crisis here in Marlborough… a sense that somehow you’ve missed something,” he began. I offer a “counselling session” before telling Marlborough producers to “get over it – you are one of the world’s most successful wine regions, you have created a wine style that is recognised everywhere, and something that no-one else has, so what the hell do you want? Mermaids?”
(Wijncriticus Matt Kramer tijdens zijn speech in Marlborough)