27 August 2008
Business as usual for Church Road and Corbans Wineries
At 11.25 pm on Monday 25th August an earthquake, which measured 5.9 on the Richter scale, was centred 30km below ground
approximately 10km south west of Hastings.
Pernod Ricard New Zealand’s two wineries in Hawke’s Bay, Church Road Winery and Corbans Winery, suffered only minor
damage as a result of the earthquake so there is no disruption to any winery operations. The vineyards themselves have
not been affected in any way by the earthquake.
Fabian Partigliani, Managing Director for Pernod Ricard New Zealand says “As with the Gisborne earthquake, our first
priority was the safety of any staff working onsite, of which in this instance there was none.”
“For Church Road Winery it is business as usual as the site is without damage including the Church Road cellar door that
came away completely unscathed. The Corbans Winery looks to have received only minor damage, due to the quick actions of
our Hawke’s Bay team so we have been very lucky. We will continue with our comprehensive checks over the next few days.”
ENDS