{"id":5422,"date":"2021-08-21T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-21T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grape-to-glass.com\/?page_id=5422"},"modified":"2021-09-20T10:28:04","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T22:28:04","slug":"video-of-the-week-026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grape-to-glass.com\/index.php\/video-of-the-week-026\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO of the WEEK:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<h6>Introducing &#8211; Akarua &#038; Central Otago &#8211; NZ:<\/h6>\n<strong>Winery:<\/strong> Akarua Wines<br \/>\n<strong>Founded in:<\/strong> 1996*<br \/>\n<strong>Region:<\/strong> Central Otago &#8211; New Zealand<br \/>\n<strong>Owners \/ Founders:<\/strong> The Skeggs Family<br \/>\n<strong>Head Winemaker:<\/strong> Andrew Keenleyside <br \/>\nSir Clifford and Lady Marie Skeggs purchased the land in 1995, and planting commenced in 1996 &#8211; with the first wines bottled from the 1999 vintage. The name Akarua was chosen to honour the establishment of the estate; two Maori words together meaning &#8216;two vines&#8217;, referring to the original varietals planted, pinot noir and chardonnay. The New Zealand Mountain Daisy indigenous to the region, was chosen by the Skeggs family as Akarua&#8217;s emblem, anchoring the estate to the beauty of Central Otago. Akarua wines have won a dedicated following both in New Zealand and in many countries abroad and are proudly 100% estate grown and second generation New Zealand family owned. With lessons learnt over a quarter century, Akarua is focused on the future and excited for what lies ahead: &#8211; <em>please enjoy this short insightful Akarua video<\/em>\u2026 &#8211; *(published: March 2020)\n\t<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gQ3UJmk8LdY\" width=\"100%\" height=\"56%\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\t<h6>Recent Wine Review:<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h3>Akarua \u201825 Steps\u2019 Central Otago Pinot Noir 2018<\/h3>\n<strong>Grape Varietal:<\/strong> 100% Pinot Noir<br \/>\n<strong>Growing Region:<\/strong> Pisa, Central Otago &#8211; New Zealand<br \/>\n<strong>Head Winemaker:<\/strong> Andrew Keenleyside<br \/>\n4 Stars \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<br \/>\nTo read the full wine review &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grape-to-glass.com\/index.php\/akarua-25-steps-pinot-noir-18\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/grape-to-glass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/25-Steps-Clink-Image2.png\" alt=\"25-Steps-Clink-Image2\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"400\" width=\"306\" title=\"25-Steps-Clink-Image2\"  \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5421,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5422","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grape-to-glass.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grape-to-glass.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grape-to-glass.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grape-to-glass.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grape-to-glass.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5422"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/grape-to-glass.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5762,"href":"https:\/\/grape-to-glass.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5422\/revisions\/5762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grape-to-glass.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grape-to-glass.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}