He was formerly the chief winemaker at Alan Scott Family Wines but brewing beer is now his prime occupation after founding Moa Brewery, which is likely to be listed on the NZX later this year.
"I grew up with alcohol in my blood, something I am trying to sue mum for right now. My whole life has been taken up with the production of wine and beer."
Brewing beer commercially came almost by accident. Mr Scott's wife used to live in a house beside a former Emerson Brewing Company site, in Dunedin.
Mr Scott used to visit Richard Emerson and became interested in the idea of brewing his own beer commercially.
After two years of winemaking overseas, he returned to his Marlborough home disappointed to find the lack of craft beer on sale in the country.
"Apart from Emerson's, there was nothing on the market. I couldn't buy it so I thought I would brew it, and put a plan together."
Moa became an incorporated company in 2003 and the fundraising was the next step of the company's growth, he said.
Mr Scott was in Dunedin yesterday with Moa chairman Geoff Ross as they met with city sharebrokers to talk about the planned $15 million fundraising announced on Monday.
If the company listed on the NZX, it would be the only listed New Zealand-based beer brewer.
Mr Ross said the money raised would be used to build a bigger brewery in Marlborough to lift production and build the business.
This country was one of the few that did not have a beer brand that could be strongly tied to its identity offshore.
Australia had Fosters, America had Budweiser, Mexico had Corona and Singapore had Tiger.
Messrs Ross and Scott hoped Moa beer would become established overseas as a New Zealand premium beer brand.
Mr Scott said the name had been chosen because of the number of moa bones discovered close to where he lived in the Wairau Valley.
When he was experimenting with his new beer brands, he took samples to the archaeologists who were digging for the moa bones.
"I became intrigued by the moa and Maori history in Marlborough.
"The name is easy to say and it has a story attached to it," he said.
The beer Mr Ross is displaying in the photo is made using a sauvignon blanc yeast and the one in front of Mr Scott is made in Central Otago pinot noir barrels.
