Hawkes Bay Wines

Hawkes Bay is fast gaining prominence as a region producing premium wines. The regionhas a fascinating spread of microclimates and soil types idea for selected grape varieties.

Also enjoying high summer temperatures, low rainfall, low relative humidity and high permeability of soils - all contributing to creating an idea environment for the production of flaour concentrated grapes.

Grape growing began in Hawkes Bay in 1851 and perhaps only now are the unique qualities of this regions wines achieving worldwide recognition.

New Zealands second largest wine region,Hawkes Bay has been producing wines for 100 years.The climate in Hawkes Bay varies considerably as do the soils.This provides the opportunity to grow a range of varietals and in doing so produce a stunning range of wines.

Within Hawkes Bay we have grapes produced in coastal areas such as Te Awanga and Esk Valley ,inland areas such as Puketapu and Matapiro ,gravelly areas such as Gimblett Rd area and more recently Central Hawkes Bay has come on strong with pockets of production from exciting new wineries like Limerock Wines.