Ricky Vinyard said the Turpins kept the lights on at all hours with the blinds drawn.

Strake showed Reuters emails from her account manager, Michael Vinyard, who said he was based in Britain.

The manager of 26 central Otago vinyards says the wind machines have been running most of the night.

In late 2014, Strake took her case to the German police, who could not track Vinyard in the UK, she said.

"This boy, eh, the one who sold you the fertilizer for the vinyard and for Hera's garden," Zeus paused, a slight frown on his face.