b'From Bud To BottleAlong with my partner, Susan, I took a long holiday to New Zealand at the end of the 2010 UK wedding season.I came home with several thousand images of a wonderful country with amazing landscapes of in!nite variety.We returned in 2011 to scout out where we could live and work in the North Island and in 2012 we wound up our UK businesses and emigrated to a new life and a new home in Hawkes Bay.A few months after we had settled in I had already taken many photographs as we explored Hawkes Bay beaches, rivers and ranges and my landscape photography collection was growing and growing.But it wasnt just the wonderful New Zealand scenery that I was keen to photograph, but also our businesses, our people and our communities.Our Kiwi lifestyles.So, I thought, how about telling a story in photographs of a Kiwi lifestyle throughout a whole year?And thus my Winery Yearprojectwasborn.Followingawinery business would encompass so many of my photographic interests - landscapes, seasons, people, communities - all in one concept.I knew that Moana Park Winery, just down the river from us near Puketapu, would make a great lifestyle story.Moana is a small family-owned and run business with a team of full-time employees working in the winery and vineyards all year round with little use of sub-contractors or seasonal workers.A fun, productive, dedicated operation.They welcomed me into their team, their community and their Kiwi lifestyle.This book is the result of my thoroughly enjoyable, personal, winery year.I hope you enjoy it too!4 5'