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Guardian of New Zealand Wine, Sir George Fistonich Launches Čuvar Winery

2023-10-28T13:12:27+13:004 September 2023|Tags: , |

With his inspiring energy and lifelong dedication to pioneering progression in the wine industry, Čuvar is the vision of legendary wine entrepreneur, Sir George Fistonich.

Sir George founded Čuvar Winery to help preserve and nurture the essence of New Zealand fine wine.

“To honour this, our name, Čuvar, (pronounced chu-var) translates to guardian in Croatian. Čuvar pays homage to the Croatian wine pioneers and many others, who played an important part …

The artist behind our Iris

2023-10-28T13:14:19+13:004 September 2023|Tags: |

Jo Ewing is one of New Zealand’s best botanical artists, creating intricately detailed artworks of New Zealand Flora . Be it native or introduced, her work is always exquisite.

When looking for someone to create a suite of pencil drawing for our Iris Collection – depicting the national flower of Croatia — the Iris Croatia, — it felt natural to approach Jo.

There was however a twist, we didn’t want a …