Sponsorships

Winejobsonline.com is pleased to support the New Zealand wine industry by way of several sponsorships.  Winejobsonline.com is all about people, and we love to celebrate the successes in our industry.  That's why we have selected a few very special areas to become involved in by way of sponsorships.

Lincoln University Visit to Auckland, Beer tasting at Hallertau Brewery - NEW, 2006.
It was Cheers and beers all round when final year students and tutors from Lincoln University's Viticulture and Oenology Department headed North on their annual tour of Hawkes Bay and Auckland wineries. And winejobsonline.com came to the party by sponsoring a visit to Hallertau Brewbar in Riverhead, West Auckland. Brewer Stephen Plowman conducted a tasting of his boutique beers and the students gave their palates a rest from a week's winetasting with a glass or two of their favourite. Who says there's no such thing as free beer? (And Hallertau is a fabulous place to drink it - Go there and try it for yourself!)

L - R: Vicky Bennett, Becs Cope, Stephen Plowman (Hallertau Brewer), Heather Battersby, (winejobsonline.com), Janey Fisher, Kirsten Creasy (Senior Tutor, Oenology, Lincoln University)

L - R: Janna Bulmer, Matt Barbour, Sarah Little, Nick Wright, Jessie Weaver

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Young Viticulturist of the Year Award - NEW, 2006 (Shared generic sponsorship) Congratulations Marcus Wickham

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Wine Show Trophies -

International Chardonnay Challenge - Trophy for top International wine - NEW, 2006


The NZ International Wine Show - trophy for best Chardonnay - NEW, 2006

Photo courtesy Lester deVere Photography - www.lester.co.nz

Awarded at a dinner in Auckland on Friday 22 September to Steve Voysey, Pernod Ricard Gisborne, for the Montana Terroir Series Stuart Block Chardonnay 2004.


Royal Easter Wine Show - Sweet Wine trophy. 
The 2006 winner was the Saints Noble Semillon 2004. Brent Laidlaw was delighted with the trophy for what is a fairly rare varietal in New Zealand winemaking. This rich, full and flavoursome Noble Sémillon is a French Sauternes-style wine, crafted using grapes grown in the Patutahi Estate in Gisborne and the Korokipo Estate in Hawke’s Bay.


Won in 2005 by Villa Maria with their 2004 Noble Botrytis Selection Riesling, Paddy and Heather Battersby are pictured here with winemaker Corey Ryan at a black tie gala awards dinner in March.

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Tertiary Graduation Grants.
Completing one's degree is another occasion to celebrate.  By way of something completely different from the usual study scholarships, winejobsonline.com has sponsored two Graduation Grants, one for Lincoln University, Canterbury, and one for EIT, Hawkes Bay.  These grants are non-academic and all eligible students may apply with an equal chance.

The grant is designed to assist with costs associated with attending graduation ceremonies, perhaps to help out with expenses that may otherwise have made it difficult to attend. We think that graduating should be a celebration of a great accomplishment so we designed this award to reflect the social side of the industry. 

Response from both Lincoln and EIT has been positive since the awarding of the inaugural grants in 2005.  If you would like to know how you can apply for this grant, for those graduating in the 2007 year, please click here.


The Lincoln winner for 2005/06 was Duncan Gibson. Having worked vintage at Esk Valley, Duncan was delighted with his win which helped with the graduation day costs - "The winejobsonline graduation grant helped out big time when it came to covering the costs of graduation day; with these worries off my mind I was free to relax and enjoy the day. Thank you winejobsonline for making a special day extra special." Cheers Duncan.

EIT's lucky recipient for the 2005/06 year was Gordon Forshaw, enjoying his first harvest at Marlborough's Framingham wine company. When told of his win, Gordon was thrilled to be able to use the grant to pay his airfare back to Hawkes Bay to attend the ceremony.

"Thanks heaps for the grant - it was a real  treat and a great day." And a bit of advice for students? Gordon says, "Chase your dreams, be the best you can be and surprise yourself of the power you have within. And remember if it is to be its up to me”. Good one, Gordon!

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The winner for 2005 from EIT is Elske-Sanne Hunt.  Elske is working at Goldwater Estate on Waiheke Island.  She was delighted at her win and described it as being the cream on the cake to graduation.

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Megan Watts is the inaugural recipient from Lincoln. She's back studying again – Commerce at the Graduate level. Here's how Megan persuaded us that the grant should be hers:

She is leaving the safety of the warm family nest.
A naive first year wine student, There is no time for rest.
She grows nervous and stressed, with each passing test,
But with support from family and friends, She is achieving her best.

Balancing workload, with the occasional ale.
She studied so hard, No option to fail,
her work paying off, great results in the mail.

Graduation draws near, Mum as proud as can be,
and I would like to thank her, For all the support she gives me.
Advancing ahead, towards a challenging time,
I look forward to the future, A Future in Wine.

Megan Watts seen here receiving her Graduation Grant from Jane Edwards, sponsorships co-ordinator, Lincoln University.

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Marlborough Harvest Party

Winejobsonline.com was one of the sponsors of the inaugural Marlborough Harvest Party 2005 in Blenheim.  Held to celebrate the end of harvest and to bring all those involved together in a non-competitive environment. 900 hardworking people celebrating the successful crop harvest requires some organisation, and winejobsonline.com sponsored Heather Battersby's time and expertise to assist with the event arrangements.

The organisers hailed the event as a great success and everyone who attended looked like they were having a good time.