A ripe tropical wine with gooseberry fruit flavours with a zingy finish with impeccable balance.

A great aperitif or with seafood. 

From maritime vineyards in Marlborough’s south easterly extremes in the Blind River Valley. We exploit this coastal fruit by capturing a breezy finesse over the classic cranberry and wild strawberry aromas giving us a wine with enough bite and texture to be foody but with enough generosity of fruit to be a delicious glass on its own. A lick of oak in the winemaking lends a little soothing creaminess to the whole.

Made to go with delicate, rich and aromatic food such as duck dim sums, tempura fried vegetables and oriental salads.

Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.

This medium bodied wine has an enticing nose of freshly baked Bakewell tart, homemade jam and almonds. The palate is fresh and bright and this freshness remains throughout with a lovely defining acidity which makes it a great food match.

The grapes for this wine were grown in the cooler Hawkes Bay region on New Zealands North Island. A small proportion of the wine was aged in oak to highlight aromatics and provide extra freshness to the palate. 

Try with crispy duck pancakes, grilled quail, seared salmon or tuna, charcuterie, ham and other cold meats. 

The wine shows exceptional colour and intensity. Aromas of dark cherry, chocolate and boysenberry fill the glass. The palate has an immediate richness that offers five spice and ripe velvety tannins.

The wine is cold soaked and fermented in stainless steel to preserve fruit and build supple texture and to retain freshness.

Try with duck and lamb dishes or an antipasto meat platter.

This wonderful Sauvignon has really pungent, tangy, grapefruit aromas with a zingy finish and impeccable balance.

The wine is fermented in stainless steel tanks to retain the natural fruit characters. The winery has added a small portion of Semillon into the final blend for additional complexity and palate weight.

Try with goats cheese, or simply on its own. 

An aromatic fusion of summer fruit and fragrant Asian peaches. Plenty of nectarine and grapefruit, mingle with ginger, lemongrass  and jasmine flowers.

The wine is deliciously ripe and zesty with a lemony, citrus thread that finishes crisp and dry.

This Sauvignon Blanc is pale straw with lemon hues. Lifted aromas of passion fruit and guava dominate the nose, along with notes of citrus and crushed herbs and an underlying wet stone minerality. The wine has vibrant acidity, with plenty of palate weight and length. Ripe, tropical fruit flavours of passion fruit, melon and grapefruit linger on the persistent finish.

Upon arrival at the winery the fruit was crushed and pressed. Fermentation was cool and slow, with a variety of selected yeast chosen to express the natural characters of the Sauvignon Blanc. All parcels were fermented and held in stainless-steel tanks until bottling.

This fresh, crisp wine combines some of natures best gooseberry and passion fruit notes. The palate is nicely balanced.

Perfect as an aperitif or with king prawn linguine or Italian antipasto.

A fresh and vibrant wine with passion fruit, gooseberry and some melon characters. It has a balanced richness of fruit with a floral note through the palate, as well as an intense depth of flavour and a crisp finish.

Suitable for vegans.

Suitable for vegetarians.

A complex and elegant wine with intense aromas of blackcurrant, crushed lemongrass and thyme, mingled with passionfruit and melon highlights. On the palate underlying ripe fruit and mineral notes from grapes grown in the Blind River sub region of Marlborough combine well with the more tropical notes of passionfruit and melon from the Wairau Valley vineyards.

A stylish and pleasingly rich wine with vibrant aromatics and a fine balance of acidity leading to a lingering finish.

The winery is sustainable

Suitable for vegetarains

Suitable for vegans

This is a fresh and vibrant Sauvignon Blanc that displays complex aromas of mango, nettles and passionfruit accompanied by lemon rind. The palate is seamless with lively acidity bringing great length.

Great with white meats, especially fish and shellfish.

Available while stocks last.

What strikes us is the beautiful lifted floral notes and lovely punchy mouthful of fruit and earth on the palate. Bright and vibrant in colour, with aromas of raspberries, violets and nutmeg. The palate is silky with great balance and a fine structure. A wine styled for approachability.

Try with grilled meats and vegetables, Wild game.

This wine is Organic.

Suitable for vegans

Suitable for vegetarians

Te Awanga Estate is a family owned wine business. It was borne out of a love of making wine and of the place we call home, Hawke’s Bay. In 2006 they began searching out great vineyard sites that would eventually supply the grapes to make the great wines of the future. They have an enduring purpose: to grow, harvest and craft world class wines. And smile while doing it.

The Maraekakaho Vineyard is planted on an ancient river terrace that was formed by the Ngaruroro River which now flows around 60 meters below the vineyard. With its headwaters in the Kaweka Ranges to the west of Hawkes Bay, the river has created the landscapes through glacial melts, floods and droughts over the last few hundred thousand years. The old terraces that remain are made up of greywacke (a compressed sandstone) boulders and gravels from the ranges, and a topsoil borne of windblown loess, volcanic ash and humus created by ancient forests and vegetation.