David HarbourneDavid Harbourne

David Harbourne lives in York, and is the author of Penguins Under the Porch: A Yorkshireman's ode to Oamaru, published in 2018. He worked for the Ministry of Agriculture in London before moving into vocational education and training. David was born in Leeds in 1958.

The Monday Extract: The one about the Uruguayan winemaker in the Waitaki Valley

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David Harbourne travels to an unlikely destination for award-winning wines – the dry, frosty Waitaki Valley, near Kurow in North Otago. The Pasquale Winery is just east of Kurow, a small town in the Waitaki valley. Vines have been planted on a bed of silt and shingle next to the river, each row supported by … Read more