(TheDrinksBusiness) - New Zealand Winegrowers, the national organisation for the country’s 1,500 grape growers and winemakers, has announced the election of a new chair and deputy chair. Steve Green, proprietor of Carrick, a boutique Central Otago winery is the new chair and John Clarke, a Gisborne grapegrower, is the new deputy chair. Green, who has been involved in the Central Otago grape and wine industry since 1994, replaces Stuart Smith of Marlborough who has stepped down after six years in the role. One of Green’s first jobs might be to help his organisation find a new European marketing manager as David Cox, who left in the sumer, has still not been replaced. Green has previously served as chair of Central Otago Winegrowers and has been on the New Zealand