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These Syrah grapes come from the iconic Cornerstone vineyard in the Gimblett Gravels region. 2024 vintage was a beautiful one in the region and winemaker Dave McIntosh has produced a wine with exceptional concentration and generosity, while maintaining great finesse and balance.The nose brings aroma...

In Marlborough, our season starts with Pinot noir, and we have always been longing for a late season red grape variety to complement our range. Jeff and Vanessa Hammond’s Beacon Hill sits adjacent to their Comelybank vineyard, our foundation block for Pinot noir. It is an early site, which lends i...

This Syrah shows dark fruit with a touch of cracked pepper and soft, approachable tannins on the palate. This wine is supple and well balanced, and will continue to develop for 4-6 years in the cellar.

This wine has minor label damageDark berry, floral and spice notes, with underlying pepper complexity. A fine tannin framework and natural acidity provide tension, length and excellent cellaring potiental.

This wine has minor label damageDark berry, floral and spice notes, with underlying pepper complexity. A fine tannin framework and natural acidity provide tension, length and excellent cellaring potiental.

Flamboyantly adorned with fragrance and charm, our very own Prince rocks the signature deep purple and velvet tannins. Valentina Syrah delivers violet florals, blueberry, ripe blackberry, red plum and allspice, with a twist of liquorice, all wrapped in elegantly, fine tannins. Feel the funk and the...

Le Sol means sunshine or soil, depending on which language you're talking - and either way, it is a lovely evocative of one of the best Syrahs made in Hawke's Bay every year. This incredibly powerful wine is a beautiful spicy expression of the great Syrah grape from the Northern Rhone Valley. It was...

This Single Vineyard wine is made from grapes grown at Auntsfield Estate. The style is aimed towards texture, complexity and length, balancing the typical Marlborough fruit spectrum and aromatics with richness and mouth feel. The nose shows intense and pure aromas of fresh passionfruit, ripe melon a...

Te Mata Tasting NoteWhite diamond at its core with flickering lemon lights, Cape Crest ’24 opens with expressive grapefruit, lime blossom, and white currant, lifted by hints of guava and warm citrus brioche. Fine and long, the palate surges with layers of nectarine, lemon oil, and ripe tropical fr...

Barrel fermented with extended lees contact & aging.

This is one of our staff favourites at Regional Wines; Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc which is dry, full of flavours of tropical fruit with notes of zingy citrus coupled with tropical fruit and a long finish.Whitehaven Wines began life in 1994 as a romantic business for a couple of corporate escapees...

Whitehaven’s single vineyard range of wines speak to the importance of terroir in creating unique, premium quality wines, and allow us to showcase outstanding, smaller parcels of fruit identified by our winemakers each vintage. Reflecting the exclusive nature of these wines, each bottle is individ...

Flinty, fleshy, full bodied and deliciously dry. Bull Paddock Sauvignon Blanc is one of Marlborough's top expressions of its most planted grape and an outstanding take on Sauvignon with complexity, depth and great length all providing superb drinking now - this wine works in place of a Chardonnay an...

CommercialWINEMAKINGThe vintage of 2023 was a challenging year climatically, very wet, and humid with low sunshine hours and periods of intense rain culminating in flooding in late January and Cyclone Gabrielle in early February. The weather improved for the harvest months, but low sunshine hours re...

Lively new Sauvignon Blanc from Marlborough with smoothness and interesting textural mouthfeel from a portion (1%) of barrel fermentation and 8% wild yeast ferment both adding complexity to the vibrant fruity appeal.Tropical aromas and creamy notes add complexity to this wine, which drinks beautiful...

Smith & Sheth is a relatively new wine brand, which is made by extremely experienced wine hands. Viticulturist and Master of Wine Steve Smith sourced grapes for this wine from low yielding old vines averaging 25 years in age from the rocky, bony soils around the Renwick township in Marlborough. Thes...

The first year Kevin Judd made his Wild Sauvignon was in 2009 and the winemaking has remained consistent ever since with complexity, creaminess and a full body coming from the 100% barrel fermentation with wild yeasts followed by malolactic fermentation to soften the acidity for two thirds of the wi...

From the wineryMade from our premium full-strength Sauvignon Blanc, Giesen 0% keeps all the best qualities of Giesen Estate.It’s aromatically expressive, crisp, and refreshing, with the varietal characteristics you know and love… only with the alcohol gently removed.Did we mention it has low cal...

Pale pink, classic Pinot Noir rose colour. Lifted floral nose of rosewater and strawberry. The palate mixes crunchy red delicious apple, ripe raspberry and cream before finishing dry. Limited supply, will sell out fast.

This bone dry, savoury and delicious Marlborough rose is clearly next level in price but then, so too is the taste of this wine. Simon Waghorn, the winemaker, gave the hand picked grapes a warm fast ferment to provide this single vineyard rose with its dry, savoury flavours, moving the taste firmly...

Greystone is one of North Canterbury's wine stars situated on the slopes of limestone rich hills in Omihi. All of the grapes that go into Greystone wines are 100% certified organic with BioGro and all are estate grown. No additional fruit is purchased to supplement production, which is one of many i...

Black Cottage Rose is Dave Clouston’s brainchild and was inspired after long hot summers spent in Corsica and the south of France where he made, light bodied, dry and salmon pink wines from deeply coloured, thick skinned red grapes. These styles of wines are ideal for drinking chilled in summer, n...

Rosé is on the rise and Terrace Edge is a quirky blend of Syrah and Pinot Noir, a gold medal winner and certified organic. Its taste lives up to its delicious win with its medium body, dry flavours of summer berries (think: strawberries with a hint of creamy texture) and a lively fresh finish.