The Nugget: Josh Scott

Josh Scott is not a man who likes to stand still, preferring to keep rolling though life and enjoying every last drop of it.

Makes sense really, as both a certified winemaker (part of the famous Allan Scott wine family) and founder of the Moa Brewing Company – not to mention New Zealand’s first Cicerone (Master of Beer).

Dividing his time between his two passions, he loves that both jobs take basic ingredients and turn them into something quite complex that brings people together.

One of whom is mate Mitchell Gardiner who nominated Josh to appear in this ad as part of our search for good buggers. The fact that Mitchell works for Josh and was after a pay rise had nothing to do with it. Apparently.

Josh’s jobs take him all around the world. So, when travelling, he packs 3 Wise Men shirts including the Blue Pearl ($120 or 3 for 3 hundy), which goes well with the Cannister shoes ($250), Selvedge denim jeans ($120), and sharp new Crate blazer ($450) he’s wearing here.

One of these trips ended up with an invitation from a well-known French winemaker to try his prized 1945 Sancerre. Unfortunately, it was fully oxidised on opening - a fact conveniently ignored by the winemaker. Josh reckons he had to adopt the same diplomatic tone as when you get a really rubbish Chrissy present to keep Kiwi-French relations from going all Rainbow Warrior on it.

When he’s not working, Josh loves spending time in the outdoors with his family or smashing himself completing the Coast to Coast multi-sport endurance race (ten times at last count).

Time in the outdoors must have rubbed off though as his real talent is bird whistling. Such is his skill, that his Dad once thought there were bellbirds in Huddersfield in the UK when they visited there together – although Josh did ask us to keep that a secret.

Oh well, here’s a few more secrets about him. Being the good bugger that he is though, we know he won’t mind one bit.