Double Gold for 2024 Windrush Organic Sauvignon Blanc in Germany
We’re thrilled to share our 2024 Windrush Organic Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc has struck gold—twice—at two of Germany’s prestigious international wine competitions.
We’re thrilled to share our 2024 Windrush Organic Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc has struck gold—twice—at two of Germany’s most prestigious international wine competitions.
🏅 Gold Medal – MUNDUS VINI Spring Tasting 2025
🏅 Gold Medal – Berliner Wein Trophy 2025
MUNDUS VINI and Berliner Wein Trophy competitions attract hundreds of entries from around the world and to receive gold at both tastings celebrate not only the wine in the bottle, but the organic values behind it.
Proudly organic. Purely Marlborough. Double Gold!
Windrush Syrah
In 2012 we planted 80 Syrah vines at our Terrace Stone Vineyard on Hammond Road near Renwick. This vineyard has lovely soil - a deep layer of fine stones mixed with silt and loam over clay - and is sheltered by trees which provides a unique micro-climate.
In 2012 we planted 80 Syrah vines at our Terrace Stone Vineyard on Hammond Road near Renwick. This vineyard has lovely soil - a deep layer of fine stones mixed with silt and loam over clay - and is sheltered by trees which provides a unique micro-climate.
We are excited to release the second bottling of this wine:
50% 2022 / 50% 2023
Due to the small number of vines, this wine is a blend of two vintages. Both 2022 and 2023 were exceptional vintages with excellent spring weather to set up ideal flowering. A long, hot and dry summer allowed the fruit to hang longer into autumn & flavours to really sing. Find the wine here!
Images from 2012 planting the Syrah with friends
Metro Top 50
Last year, we were extremely proud both our Windrush Organic Sauvignon Blanc, 2019 and Pinot Noir, 2019 were selected in the Metro Top 50 Wines 2021.
This year, our Empire Chardonnay 2020 has joined the best, most interesting, most delicious wines of the year!
Last year we were extremely proud to have both our Windrush Organic Sauvignon Blanc 2019 and Pinot Noir 2019 selected in the Metro Top 50 Wines 2021.
This year our Empire Chardonnay 2020 has joined the best, most interesting, most delicious wines of the year! Check out Metro N°435 for the full article here.
Single-Site Savvy
25 single vineyard wines championing both site and subregion were tasted by Gourmet Traveller Wine in their Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc feature, with our Windrush Organic Sauvignon Blanc, 2019 placed in the top 14.
25 single vineyard wines championing both site and subregion were tasted by Gourmet Traveller Wine in their Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc feature, with our Windrush Sauvignon Blanc placed in the top 14.
“IF THERE’S ONE THING MARLBOROUGH SAV BLANC CAN DO, it’s paint a picture: its iconic (often pungent) aromas and intense flavours instantly transport the drinker to the region’s pristine, river-carved landscapes and its ancient Sounds'“ reports Dom Sweeney. Read the full online article here.
2019 WINDRUSH ORGANIC SAUVIGNON BLANC, MARLBOROUGH, NZ$22
Windrush Organic is a new-ish project from Callum and Sarah Linklater, and their home block vineyard of the same name. The fleshy fruit weight feels good but it’s the savoury, grippy phenolics and mouthwatering acidity that bring it all together. An exciting rendition.
Photo: Ben Dearnley. Styling Sabine Schmitz. Source: Gourmet Traveller Wine.
Wellness in the Sounds
Yoga, hiking, nutrition discussion, amazing lunch buffet, organic wine and a scenic boat ride.
Yoga, hiking, nutrition discussion, amazing lunch buffet, organic wine and a scenic boat ride.
Thanks so much @farmerswifenz for inviting us to @homewoodbaylodge for a bit of Wellness in the Marlborough Sounds.
https://www.thefarmerswife.co.nz/
Balanced, fresh, vibrant and long.
“Made primarily with clones 777 and 828 - Aromas of a crunchy, fresh, youthful, vibrant wine with a core of pinosity. I like the floral, wild side with some violet and heirloom roses, bright fresh youthful a bouquet overall. Red cherries and sweet red plums with some dried versions of the fruit quietly layered through. There’s a mineral soil taste - silty then sandy and fine stone. Flavours of baking spices from oak with a touch of smoke. Balanced, fresh, vibrant and long. Still developing connections and harmonies. Well made and will be ready from later 2021 through 2027+”
93 Points.Excellent
Reviewed by Cameron Douglas MS. Published 22nd December, 2020
TWO Gold Medals
We were delighted to receive TWO gold medals at The 2020 Marlborough Wine Show, sponsored by QuayConnect.
We were delighted to receive TWO gold medals at The 2020 Marlborough Wine Show, sponsored by QuayConnect. Our 2019 Windrush Organic Sauvignon Blanc and 2019 Windrush Organic Pinot Noir received gold medals at the 2020 competition and we were thrilled to be amongst the wines poured at the Celebration Long Lunch held in October.
The Marlborough Wine Show, sponsored by QuayConnect, is run by Wine Marlborough to promote sub regionality and diversity of wines grown in New Zealand’s largest wine region.
The Marlborough Wine Show reviews and assesses entries using panels of experienced judges and rewards top-performing wines with trophies, gold, silver and bronze medals. The show provides a relevant, credible platform for Marlborough producers to promote their wines and is also a celebration of excellence - not only of Marlborough wines, but the local industry as a whole.
Photos captured by Richard Briggs Photography.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Equal Top in Category
Winestate Organic & Biodynamic Wine Show - Feature Tasting: AUG/ SEP 2020 Edition
“Lifted varietal bouquet - all grassy with green bean nuances. Nice green apple crunch to the palate with attractive flavours”
Windrush Organic Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, 2019
“Lifted varietal bouquet - all grassy with green bean nuances. Nice green apple crunch to the palate with attractive flavours”
4 STARS - Equal Top in Category (25 Tasted, 12 awarded)
Winestate Organic & Biodynamic Wine Show - Feature Tasting
Empire strikes Gold
The New Zealand Organic Wine Awards are New Zealand's only wine show dedicated to finding NZ's best organic wines.
The New Zealand Organic Wine Awards are New Zealand's only wine show dedicated to finding NZ's best organic wines.
We are pleased to share our Empire Chardonnay 2019 received a gold medal at the 2020 competition. 🥳
Congratulations to all of the wineries featured in the 2020 results. 🌱🚜🥂🙌 @nzorganicwineawards
18.5/20 Street Cred
“If only all certified organic wines displayed their ‘street cred’ as boldly as this one, with its elegant but no holds barred…
“If only all certified organic wines displayed their ‘street cred’ as boldly as this one, with its elegant but no holds barred organic logo on the front label. It’s a newcomer on the Sauvignon scene and is dry, medium bodied and powerful - a style that drinks well now and has great ageing potential too. 18.5 /20
Joelle Thomson, for Drinksbiz.
February 2020
94 Pts - Wine of the Week
Delicious and distinctive bouquet with a core of chalky minerality, ripe citrus, white fleshed fruits and nut-like oak and lees layer. On the palate – lots of drive and…
“Delicious and distinctive bouquet with a core of chalky minerality, ripe citrus, white fleshed fruits and nut-like oak and lees layer. On the palate – lots of drive and texture from acidity, lees, oak and minerality. A Chablis-like flavour, but also very new world-like with white-fleshed peach and lemon, cashew nut oak and lees, fine tannins and overall palate engaging textures. Balanced and well-made, quite youthful and vibrant, lengthy finish, well made. Drink now and through 2024.
94 Points, Cameron Douglas, MS
Published Feb 16, 2020
A glass of nutty, nectarine-y, spice-induced...
Our new release Empire Chardonnay was recommended by Yvonne Lorkin in this weekends NZ Herald Canvas magazine. Read the full review here…
Our new release Empire Chardonnay was recommended by Yvonne Lorkin in this weekends NZ Herald. Read the full review here…
