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Smoke and dust haze from Australia

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Recent releases

Grüner Veltliner 2019 has just been released and limited supply of this wine, only 70 cases.Pinot Gris 2019 to be released very soon. 2016 Pinot Noir has been released. The 5 stars from Cuisine Magazine reflects the uniqueness of this wine with Burgundian characters....

Cellar Door hours

Cellar Door (601 Tikokino Road, Waipawa) is open each weekend 11am to 4pm from September to the end of February for a tasting experience. May include a quick vineyard tour, with Rosie or Rodger, of our amazing vineyard site if we are not too busy. Contact us on 021779830 to arrange for a special tasting at other times. No cafe or restaurant but feel free to bring your own....

Vintage 2019

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Picking 2019

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Our Kota label

Our second label is Kota (meaning shell in the local Maori language) and shows an illustration or picture of one of the large oyster shells from our 3 million year old seabed. Some of the shells are as large as a bottle and also include scallop shells and barnacles. When these are crushed under the pressure of overlying layers they form a limestone called Coquina, which forms the base layer of our vineyard. This  type of limestone has a soft, crumbly structure and is free dra...

5 Stars in Cuisine Magazine

5 stars in Cuisine Magazine May 2018 Pinot Noir tasting for our 2016 Pinot Noir. rated number 8 in the 10 Pinots to be awarded 5 stars out of 163 Pinots tasted. Lime Rock was the only North Island Pinot to receive 5 stars....

International sales

Our international distributors, Majestic and OW Loeb in the UK and Vintage 59 in California continue to spread the word about Lime Rock. We have sent our first shipment to Japan and are currently negotiating shipments to China. Singapore (Underground Wines) continues to expand and our Merlot is leading the charge there. We also have wines in a warehouse in Australia....