Investing in people – Vineyard Magazine

Visitors to the excellently designed Hutchinsons stand benefitted from the company’s commitment to invest in their staff. There were plenty of staff available to greet customers and talk about their specific individual needs. With experts available to talk to visitors across a variety of specialisms the continued investment in people is key to the company’s values.

Philip Carpenter, Regional Director explained that viticulture in England and Wales is a new and changing industry and Hutchinsons, who have been a main sponsor of the show since its launch in 2021, are looking to support clients and growers across a range of activities from location establishment to management and beyond.

With the juice safely sitting in tank or barrel the Vineyard & Winery Show in November is a good opportunity to reflect on the past season but also is the start of looking towards the next and Will Robinson, Agronomist at Hutchinsons was talking to visitors about the impact that two successive big seasons will have on the vines. “With the potential for another big year growers should be looking at the capacity of the vine to cope, while vines typically like to be starved it may be necessary to look at nutrition,” he said.

“The combined approach means that rather than offering a simple product or service Hutchinsons are offering a long term strong relationship, with a core service that connects everything back together,” said soil expert Ian Robertson.

For new entrants to the industry Ian recommended that one of the first things to consider when looking at site selection it is important to look at how the soil is functioning, working out why soil is functioning in a certain way and then looking to change that for the better.

The customer first trusting relationship that Hutchinsons cultivate with their clients was summed up by Philip Carpenter when he said: “If the growers are successful we are successful.”