Champion Syrah of Show
Our 2016 Reserve Syrah was awarded Champion Syrah at the 2019 NZ Organic Wine Awards. See the full list of results here....
News
Vigilance Pays Off
Mark Henderson reviews the blends from the 2016 Gimblett Gravels Annual Vintage Selection and rates our Cabernet Sauvignon as Outstanding in this Otago Daily Times article....
Bob Campbell’s Inaugural Real Review Certificate of Excellence
Bob Campbell has included Stonecroft in his list of top New Zealand Wineries. Details here....
Michael Cooper rates our current releases
Michael Cooper has included our 2017 Crofters Syrah, 2017 Gewurztraminer and 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon in three recent columns in The Listener Magazine, for us a small winery it's great to see our wines selected....
Cab Sauv 16 selected for Annual Vintage Selection
For a second year running, our Cabernet Sauvignon has been selected as one of 12 top wines for the Gimblett Gravels Annual Vintage Selection. Here's the NZ Herald article....
The Listener Magazine features both our Reserve Syrah and Serine Syrah 15
Michael Cooper included our Serine Syrah 2015 in his column in the Listener on The Best of Hawke's Bay wines (May 15 2017 edition) and our Reserve Syrah 2015 in 25 Top Organic Wines (July 28 2017 edition)....
Cabernet Sauvignon selected for Gimblett Gravels AVS
Our 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon was one of the top 12 Gimblett Gravels wines selected by Andrew Caillard from the 2015 vintage as part of the Annual Vintage Selection. See the NZ Herald article here....
Reserve Syrah a Classic NZ Wine
Michael Cooper has published his Buyer's Guide 2017 and has included our Reserve Syrah on his list of classic New Zealand wines. Our Old Vine Gewurztraminer has also been mentioned as a Potential Classic....
Air New Zealand Fine Wines List
Air New Zealand has produced a Fine Wines of New Zealand list of just under 50 New Zealand wines for their business class customers. We were delighted to see our 2015 Gewurztraminer included as one of only two Gewurztraminers on this list. The wines were...
Origins of New Zealand Syrah
Dr. Gerald Atkinson has written a very interesting article on where New Zealand Syrah came from and in particular the heritage of the oldest Syrah vines which are Stonecroft. The vines came via Australia and have proved to be a great source for New Zealand's...