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See the 2020 Vintage and meet winemaker Phil and CEO Nick Buck in the latest episode of The Cellar Door. Screened in Australia last week. (Thanks Georgie and Shane for organising.) First wine of 2020 out now at www.temata.co.nz.

Thanks to Sam Buck for letting us know about this, and to Beauden Barrett and SkySportNow for letting us share.

Thanks for the visit from Ben and Jerry from The Hurricanes who picked up a few bottles for their own cellars.

What a year!

TV3 have just interviewed Te Mata Estate CEO Nick Buck about the dry and hot 2020 vintage. ‘Without question, this is best vintage we’ve seen in 46 years.’ Thanks to Jillian Lee for her footage of the Gamay Noir that appears in this clip. Philip Gregan of NZ Winegrowers commented that the exceptionally dry summer was tough
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Congratulations to everyone involved. We sold our Syrah blend The Patron’s Lot for 6K and our 2018 Cabernet Celebration for 9K – the two highest earning lots in this year’s event.  A record total was acheived in 2019 for Cranford Hospice due to the great organisation and team, plus all the many generous bidders! Thanks to all!

Established at Te Mata Estate in 1994, the New Zealand Poet Laureate position recognises New Zealand poets and supports their role in taking our culture to the world. Out thanks to Selina Tusitala March for her amazing work, and congratulations to David Egglestone who has recently taken up the role. David’s inauguration will be held
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With an exceptionally warm, classic, long summer – Vintage 2018 gave us an explosion of flavour and colour! At the start of March we started picking chardonnay and sauvignon blanc. Continued sunshine gave us the chance to keep ripening our reds right through until 20 April. The reds have incredibly deep colours and ripe, round,
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