Our vineyards are tucked into a corner of the Pisa District, Central Otago, close to the Wanaka/Cromwell Highway SH6. They lie on river and glacial terraces, sheltered to some extent from the worst of the cold south winds by ‘Sugarloaf’, a local landmark feature which marks the physical end of a previous glacial advance.

The dominant Pisa Range to the west reaches 1964metres. These mountains create a rain shadow effect, meaning that the annual rainfall received on our vineyards of around 400mm per annum is approximately one third less than is received the other side of the range in the Queenstown and Wanaka basins

Many ingredients contribute to the character of the grapes we harvest from our land. The particular climatic conditions experienced, the soils, the selection of clones and rootsocks, the way we farm. They are all factors that can explain why no two wines are exactly alike – why ours are just that bit different from our neighbours’.

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Organic and biodynamic practices are, to us, an essential part of how we farm. Just as we enjoy the surety of knowing that the fruit and vegetables we grow at home are free from any synthetic chemical sprays, and are full of flavour from soil enriched with compost – so we work to ensure this on the vineyard too. It is an on-going process and we are seeing the vineyard slowly respond.