The Greystone Almanac

We take our hat off again to our winemaker, Dom Maxwell, and viticulturist, Mike Saunders, for leading another incredible vintage. It was a fast and furious harvest, with most of the fruit picked by mid-April….

If you’ve been following the newsletters, or our social media, you’ll know that 2018 has been an incredibly special year for us. In January our Pinot Gris was named third best in the world and…

New Zealand wine critic Raymond Chan has named us his 2018 ‘Winery of the Year’. With almost 40 years’ experience in the wine industry, Raymond Chan’s ‘Winery of the Year’ award is recognised as one…

Greystone has now released 500 bottles of their first ever Vineyard Ferment Pinot Noir. This wine is made using a technique developed by Greystone where the grapes are fermented in small vessels placed directly into…

Each year we send a handful of our current releases to Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate for tasting and review. Here are the latest reviews! 2016 Greystone Sauvignon Blanc – 90 Points Greystone’s 2016 Barrel Fermented Sauvignon…

FROM THE WINERY… If we were to describe the 2018 vintage in just a few words it would be this: fast and furious!  We kicked off earlier than ever on the 19th of March and…

Dom Maxwell, of Greystone Wines, won the inaugural Gourmet Traveller WINE “New Zealand Winemaker of the Year 2018” title at Auckland’s Hilton Hotel last night. New Zealand Editor of Gourmet Traveller WINE, and chair of…

Our General Manager and Founding Viticulturist, Nick Gill, was featured in The Press last week commenting on the state of play for this harvest. “Hot weather leading up tothe new year has accelerated crop growth…

Greystone winemaker, Dom Maxwell, has been nominated by Gourmet Traveller magazine as a finalist in the New Zealand Winemaker of the Year 2018 competition. The shortlist, made up of winemakers from throughout New Zealand, was…

#wesaysyrah We are proud to join 12 other New Zealand Syrah producers in a collective bid to raise awareness about one of this country’s great wines. A wine tasting at Caro’s in Auckland, on Tuesday October 31,…

We’re proud to announce our new partnership with the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, as their exclusive wine sponsor. We are a long supporter of the arts and believe in the power of art to transform a…

We are thrilled to announce the release of our new North Canterbury-inspired wine, Nor’Wester by Greystone. “As demand grows beyond our vineyard’s production size, we decided to make a wine curated from a selection of the finest…