WineNZ Summer 18-19 (1)
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The<br />
family<br />
way<br />
The Astrolabe family team: Simon, Jane, Libby (rear) and Arabella (front).<br />
Back in <strong>19</strong>96, acclaimed winemaker Simon<br />
Waghorn, eager for creative control, felt<br />
it was time to go his own way and, with<br />
the help of his wife, Jane, and two friends,<br />
started Astrolabe.<br />
Twenty-two years later, Astrolabe has evolved and<br />
is now officially a family business. Together with his<br />
wife, Jane, their youngest daughter, Arabella Waghorn,<br />
middle daughter Libby Levett and Libby’s husband,<br />
Peter, the Waghorn family has just completed the<br />
purchase of the company outright. Simon remains<br />
winemaker, Jane general manager and Arabella<br />
brand manager. Next year, Libby and Peter will join<br />
the family team.<br />
“When you create a business from scratch, it<br />
becomes intrinsically linked to your values, your<br />
daily life and family. Our girls have grown up in the<br />
wine industry. It is so exciting to have them stepping<br />
up and committing to our business. I am enormously<br />
proud to have a team of clever, hardworking, young<br />
women alongside me,” says Jane.<br />
Sophie McLernon will join the family management<br />
team in the role of sales manager for the APAC region.<br />
As Jane’s niece, she joins her cousins in leading the<br />
next generation.<br />
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10 <strong>WineNZ</strong> Magazine | <strong>Summer</strong> 20<strong>18</strong>-<strong>19</strong>