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2025 vintage is underway 3rd March 2025 - We are very excited to have started picking our 2025 grapes last week. While every vintage is a milestone, this year marks 50 years of winemaking for Matawhero so there is a little more celebrating to do! This season in Gisborne, we experienced a wet January but fortunately the rain was timed perfectly and February… Read more...
50 years of inspired vision behind New Zealand’s best kept secret 24 February 2025 - PIONEERING winery Matawhero Wines is leveraging its expanding global presence to promote Gisborne to international consumers as it celebrates 50 years of operation in 2025. Owners Kirsten and Richard Searle are curating a year of local celebration while continuing to share Matawhero’s origin story and the uniqueness of the Gisborne region with the rest of… Read more...
Irwin legacy lives on in new label 1st September 2017 - THE father of modern viticulture and his visionary son have been honoured by Matawhero Wines this month with the release of a flagship Chardonnay that bears the family name. The limited edition Irwin is a barrel fermented chardonnay from Gisborne. The wine is produced from Mendoza chardonnay vines and immortalizes the late Bill Irwin who… Read more...
