News, Reviews & Musings
Our commentary on what we find interesting in wine world along with the most compelling of our own reviews and news about akitu A1, akitu A2 and pinot noir blanc. Feel free to add your comments - positive or otherwise, we're not very precious!
News — vintage 2019
Anne Krebiehl MW on our 2019 Vintage
We always knew planting vines in Wānaka’s alpine landscape was a bit risky, but as founder Andrew Donaldson likes to say, “the closer you are to death the more alive you feel” and that positive vitality definitely goes for pinot plants too. According to highly regarded Anne Krebiehl MW, our ambition and our vines’ resilience is paying off. “It was always going to be a risky venture to plant vines at 380m/1,247ft in on the slope of Mount Barker in Central Otago on New Zealand’s beautifully rugged South Island. Each spring, there is a nail-biting period when late frost is an ever-present threat and autumn is not...
