Many of the early flying winemakers were Australians who had been educated in modern techniques, and used the fact that their autumn was six months ahead of the Northern Hemisphere to 'moonlight' when things were quiet at home.
Australian/Chinese winemaker Eddie McDougall hosts a television series titled The Flying Winemaker which exemplifies this very idea that winemakers in the modern industry travel and are no longer tied to the region of their birth, but travel to educate themselves on modern techniques.