Frost watch: spring in the North Canterbury vineyards
The vines are awake, the frost alarms are set, and there is warmer weather coming for Labour Weekend. Here is what is happening in the vineyards right now.
Our Reserve Chardonnay
Low crops, French oak and nine months in barrel: how the 2025 Reserve Chardonnay was made.
Exploring the Waipara Valley
A winemaker’s guide to the valley: the shelter, the soils and a year in the vineyard.
Why is Pinot Noir more expensive?
Thin skins, smaller crops and time in French oak. Here’s where the cost goes.
An Introduction to the North Canterbury Wine Region
Where North Canterbury is, what makes its climate and soils different, and why the wines taste the way they do.