Brancott Estate
Brancott Estate is one of Marlborough’s most historic wineries, credited with planting the region’s first Sauvignon Blanc vines in 1973. Located in the Wairau Valley, the estate produces a wide range of varietals and offers a well-known cellar door experience with vineyard views and guided tastings.
Blank Canvas
Blank Canvas Wines is a boutique Marlborough wine studio founded by winemaker Matt Thomson and Master of Wine Sophie Parker-Thomson. The winery focuses on small-batch, single-vineyard wines that express the unique terroir of each site across New Zealand. Their approach combines scientific precision with creative winemaking to produce complex, site-driven wines with depth and character.
Bladen Wines
Bladen Wines is a family-owned boutique winery established by Dave and Christine Macdonald in the heart of Marlborough’s Wairau Valley. Known for its small-batch, handcrafted wines, the estate focuses on aromatic varieties that reflect the region’s cool climate and gravelly soils. Visitors are welcomed into a relaxed, home-style cellar door experience where wines are shared […]
Black Cottage
Black Cottage Wines is a Marlborough-based winery founded by David Clouston, producing vibrant and approachable wines from selected vineyard sites across the region. Combining local fruit with international winemaking experience, the winery focuses on expressive, fruit-driven styles with balance and freshness. Sustainability is central to their approach, with initiatives to improve biodiversity and vineyard health.
Babich Wines
Babich Wines is one of New Zealand’s oldest family-owned wineries, established in 1916 and now spanning multiple generations of winemaking. In Marlborough, the winery sources fruit from several estate vineyards across the Wairau, Awatere, and Waihopai valleys to craft expressive, region-driven wines. Known especially for Sauvignon Blanc, their portfolio also includes a wide range of […]
Astrolabe Wines
Astrolabe Wines is a family-owned Marlborough winery founded by winemaker Simon Waghorn, known for highlighting the character of the region’s diverse sub-regions through carefully crafted small-batch wines. Their range includes Province blends, Valley expressions, and single-vineyard releases that showcase purity, balance, and site-driven style