G.H. Mumm has announced the appointment of award-winning winemaker Trina Smith as Mumm Terroirs Pacific Winemaker, overseeing all winemaking for the Champagne house’s portfolio across Australia and New Zealand.
With more than two decades of winemaking experience, Smith is recognised as one of Australia’s leading sparkling wine specialists, with her wines receiving multiple international and local accolades.
In 2022, she led the inaugural Mumm Terroirs winemaking team to launch Mumm Tasmania Prestige Brut that showcased Tasmania’s cool-climate terroir and Pinot Noir.
The Mumm Terroirs collection also includes Mumm Marlborough Prestige Brut, Mumm Marlborough Brut Rosé and Mumm Central Otago Blanc de Noirs.
While Smith continues to be based in the Barossa Valley working closely with G.H. Mumm’s Chef de Cave and local grape growers across Australia, she will make the New Zealand wines in Marlborough.
“I’m thrilled to step into this role and continue building on Mumm’s legacy in Australasia,” she says.
“My focus will be on crafting wines that truly express the character of our region, Marlborough, Central Otago and Tasmania are world-renowned cool-climate regions, producing sparkling wines of exceptional finesse, energy and character and I look forward to shining an international light on our sparkling wines.”
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