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Crossroads Estate -- the winery and the vineyards in Hawke's Bay -- is to be sold.
According to a preliminary notice from Bayleys Real Estate, Yealand Estate Wines, the owner, plans to broaden its Hawke´s Bay growers' base and move all operations to Marlborough an attempt to expand the global growth of the Crossroads brand.
The Spanish style winery and cellar door sits on the 11ha home block vineyard near Napier, there are three separate blocks totalling 11.8ha on the Gimblett Gravels and 59ha  on Kereru Road.  An additional 4ha leased vineyard on Omahu Road is also available.
Plantings include all of the varieties for which Hawke's Bay is best known as well as the mystery ingredients for Talisman, the mystery blended red which remains the flagship of the Crossroads fleet.

Just a few from a new collection of shirts being designed and manufactured in the US of A  by SunFrog Shirts
for winelovers and wine drinkers;  for anyone short of a summer shirt that will get them noticed..The one at the far right just about covers it for me.