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Geoff & Nicola Wright
Geoff & Nicola Wright
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Geoff & Nicola Wright

Wrights Wines

Gisborne, New Zealand

"You're searching for something but the answer's actually you."

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Geoff & Nicola's work combines: Entrepreneurship, Food, and Accomplishing Goals

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Day In The Life

Winemakers

We own and operate 3 vineyards (45 acres), a winery and a café.

Skills & Education

Here's the path I took:

  • High School

  • Bachelor's Degree

    Accounting

Life & Career Milestones

My path in life has been direct

  • 1.

    Nicola was constantly traveling, jumping around, worked as an accountant, then a lawyer, but nothing was grabbing her.

  • 2.

    Geoff was qualified as a chartered accountant, but that environment "didn't feel right"; always thought it'd be amazing to own a vineyard.

  • 3.

    Decided he didn't want a job he was going to "moan about" from 9-to-5, so he went for his dream.

  • 4.

    Nicola moved to Gisborne, NZ to "meet Mr. Right," who would be a winemaker; 16 days later, she found Geoff.

  • 5.

    When they were putting in the initial work, Nicola had second-thoughts, almost got impatient, thought they could sell their land instead.

  • 6.

    Opened Wrights Wines, which was New Zealand's first producer of organic and vegan wines.

  • 7.

    Geoff says the key to reaching a dream that seems far-off is by taking one small step towards it everyday.

  • 8.

    Says if there's ever anything he'd feel like he'd regret not doing at the end of his life, he just does it.