#Clearview wines professional

“Stop/Go” sign operator on a road construction gang brushed the tassels of silk rugs and polished fruit for a Saudi sheik a whole previous life in banking. Overpopulation of the planet and pressure on species, responsible resource management.ĬHARLES GEAR, GENERAL MANAGER, SALES & MARKETING A child's right to be happy, healthy and secure. Passions: Design projects, repurposing, hospitality and eating out (especially when travelling).

Journeys, road trips and adventures, horses, walking, skiing and cycling, always a dog and the odd foster (dog). Studied design in Auckland, established Calico Pie, a whole foods store in Palmerston North whilst a student at Massey University…… renovates houses, has cycled around England, Ireland & Wales, lived in Amsterdam and trekked in Nepal.įood and wine, art and literature, keeping up with daughter Bella & grandson Elijah. Wine, family, partying, friends, travel, tennis, table tennis, surfing and swimming.Įndeavour Chardonnay with crayfish tail in a seafood bisque.

#Clearview wines professional

Pineapple farmer, professional photographer, specialising in surfing and sports photography as well as being the first to do colour processing. The 'Red Shed' has become a dining destination of rustic integrity for local and international visitors alike. Our coastal vineyard restaurant rates highly, consistently nominated in regional Hospitality Awards and reliably receiving Beef & Lamb awards since 1998. The iconic ‘Red Shed” restaurant was among the first al-fresco vineyard/winery dining locations in New Zealand. The restaurant and cellar door were created by rebuilding a dismantled Ford motors garage from Hastings, complete with three massive roller doors. The rustic air of the restaurant and the cellar is the result of materials hand salvaged by Tim and Helma in the early 1990’s from the old Napier railways' locomotive repair workshop. Our Clearview Estate 'Red Shed' Restaurant was opened in 1992. Around the war years the property had grown grape varieties suitable for fortified wines and sherries which were fashionable at the time. It was around this time that the Vidal family planted an olive tree which still grows near the restaurant and is the inspiration for Clearview’s award winning wine 'Old Olive Block'. When researching the origin of this sign Tim and Helma discovered the historic property had originally been purchased by Spaniard, Anthony Joseph Vidal around 1915. In the early days of the business Tim discovered a fading sign inscribed ‘Vidals No 2 vineyard’ when mowing the front paddock. Tim and Helma also designed and built the winery, adding to the cellar door and restaurant as the business grew. They grafted and planted their grapevines, rammed the posts, ran the wires and trained the young vines, for many years also doing all the pruning. Vineyard plantings were continued at 3 acres per annum. Tim and Helma went on to plant 2,500 trees, including avocados, olives, melia and bay trees, lavender and citrus. Clearview Estate Winery Ltd was established for the first red wine vintage in 1989, following some experimentation in prior years. Taking the negative comments as a challenge together with business partner Helma van den Berg, they hand grafted and planted the first vines in the winter of 1988. Told in 1985 that the location was' too cold to grow wine grapes' Tim Turvey went ahead in 1986 and purchased the historic property at Te Awanga, Hawke’s Bay.