Congratulations to Cameron Price from Villa Maria, Hawke’s Bay who is the Bayer Young Viticulturist of the Year 2016. After a tough final, Price was thrilled to receive this prestigious reward at the Bragato Wine Awards. “All that hard work paid off,” he said.
Cameron is the Vineyard Supervisor working on Villa Maria’s Ngakirikiri, Vidal and Twyford Gravels vineyards. He has been there since May this year and is enjoying the challenges of his new position, supervising 60 hectares of vines.
He is 26 years old and grew up in Palmerston North. Price comes from a family of plumbers but his passion for viticulture and wine led him to Hawkes Bay to study Viticulture at EIT in 2008. He continues to study part-time as he furthers his career working full time learning and upskilling on the job as well.
Price won an amazing prize package of a $5000 AGMARDT travel scholarship, a Hyundai Santa Fe for an entire year, $2000 cash, wine glasses and a leadership week with some of the top leaders in the New Zealand wine industry.
He will now also go on to represent the wine industry in the Young Horticulturist of the Year in November.
Price has achieved the hat trick for Hawke’s Bay as they have taken out the title for the last three years. Paul Robinson, also from Villa Maria, won it in 2014 and Caleb Dennis from Craggy Range in 2015.
