The story of Big Sky
June 18, 2023
Producer profile - Big Sky, Te Muna Valley, MartinboroughPublished on Sunday 18 June 2023Welcome to Te Muna Valley. This dramatic, windswept landscape rises above the Huangarua River just nine kilometres east of Martinborough village but it felt like a world away when J...
Pinot Pioneers event in Martinborough
May 17, 2023
A small region with a big message
There is no shortage of Pinot pioneers in New Zealand today but a group from one of the country's smallest wine regions is hosting a big event in July this year to commemorate, celebrate and promote its success with Pinot Noir.The region is Martinborough. The event is called...
Wine of the week... NZ's love affair with Pinot Noir
February 28, 2023
It's no secret that New Zealanders are in love with Pinot Noir, which is probably why 73% of the vineyard area dedicated to red grapes is planted with Pinot Noir. It's not a lot though, if you break it down because this country's total vineyard area is 41,603 hectares of gra...
New era for Dry River Wines
November 29, 2022
One of Martinborough's oldest wineries has a new lease of life now that Dry River Wines has been purchased by Charlie Zheng, a Wellington businessman who also owns Luna Estate and Parehua Resort. Zheng has appointed a new winemaker to Dry River Wines with Ben McNab taki...
New tasting room in Martinborough...
November 5, 2022
Nga Waka grows visitor numbers with new facility
Growing visitor numbers to Martinborough now have a new tasting room to visit before they even enter the village with the official opening of Nga Waka's new cellar door tasting room this week.The small winery is has more than doubled its vineyard holdings in the past seven y...
Dry River's new owner announced
October 18, 2022
The US based Robertson family behind acclaimed New Zealand properties Kauri Cliffs, The Farm at Cape Kidnappers & Matakauri Lodge have agreed to sell their New Zealand winery investment, Dry River Wines, to Wellington-based businessman Charlie Zheng, owner of Luna E...
Behind every great rosé
September 1, 2022
Behind every great pink wine, there's a big market ready to lap it up and in the case of Poppies Rosé, this truth holds, despite a relatively high price tag - proving that there's no stopping the rise of rosé.
This wine is made by Poppy Hammond for Poppies of Martinborough...
Where does the best Kiwi Pinot come from?
August 26, 2022
Which region makes the best Pinot Noir in New Zealand?
A winemaker with two decades of experience in Pinot Noir production suggests that no region is superior to any other and, to prove his point, Ben Dugdale has produced a triptych of Pinot Noirs from three extre...
Friday drinks with Ben Dugdale, Martinborough winemaker
August 22, 2022
Ben Dugdale has made wine in Martinborough for the past two decades and believes that no region in New Zealand is better than any other when it comes to Pinot Noir - the flagship wine style of this small wine area. "Each region produces superlative Pinot Noir in a global con...
Tim Bourne is the winemaker at Escarpment Vineyard in the majestic Te Muna Valley, Martinborough. A place where Pinot Noir finds its greatest expression in good vintages of Kupe; one of four single vineyard wines released this month in New Zealand. Bourne has worked with Lar...
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