Women in Wine featuring Emma Taylor

Emma Taylor has many strings to her bow – consultant viticulturist, Deputy Chair of New Zealand Winegrowers, Director of Bragato Research Institute and 2024 Fellow of Hawke’s Bay Winegrowers – all hallmarks of a stellar 25-year career.

Emma is pictured with David Bullivant (left), Babich Viticulturist and Marcello Pinheiro (right) Vineyard Manager at Craigmore’s Cat Creek development in Marlborough, prior to planting.

For us, we are lucky to call Emma our Viticulture Business Manager, overseeing Craigmore’s grape growing operations in Gisborne, Hawke’s Bay and Marlborough.

Surrounding herself with great people and sharing knowledge has always been key for Emma. New Zealand Winegrowers describe her role with Craigmore as ‘right in her wheelhouse – working with three different wine companies and three different vineyard teams, in three different provinces’.

“The more I can work with people or different organisations the better, because then you learn more”.

Read more about Emma’s journey here.

Our thanks to New Zealand Wine for this article, which can be found in the April/May 2025 edition of the New Zealand Winegrowers magazine.