The Winery Awhitu of Auckland of North Island

Winery Awhitu - A Longing To Return Greenock Syrah
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is ranked in the top 332 of the estates of North Island.
It is located in Auckland in the region of North Island

The Winery Awhitu is one of the best wineries to follow in Auckland.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Auckland to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Awhitu wines

Looking for the best Winery Awhitu wines in Auckland among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Awhitu wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Awhitu wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Awhitu

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Awhitu

How Winery Awhitu wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of tournedos with foie gras, blanquette of lamb or rabbit with chorizo.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Awhitu.

  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discovering the wine region of Auckland

The wine region of Auckland is located in the region of North Island of New Zealand. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Puriri Hills or the Domaine Puriri Hills produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Auckland are Merlot, Cabernet franc and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Auckland often reveals types of flavors of apples, plum or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of floral, black fruit or baking spice.

In the mouth of Auckland is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 33 estates and châteaux in the of Auckland, producing 69 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Auckland go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal.

The top pink wines of Winery Awhitu

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Awhitu

How Winery Awhitu wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Discover the grape variety: Datal

Intraspecific crossing obtained in 1956 between the Beirut date palm and the Alexandria muscatel. This variety is not widely cultivated in France, although it is registered in the Official Catalogue of table grape varieties, list A1. It can be found in South Africa, Portugal, etc.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Awhitu

Planning a wine route in the of Auckland? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Awhitu.

Discover the grape variety: Dornfelder

German, intraspecific cross made in 1955 by August Karl Herold (1902-1973) between the helfensteiner and the heroldrebe (more details, click here!). With these same parents he also obtained the hegel. The Dornfelder can be found in Switzerland, United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Canada, United States, ... . Virtually unknown in France, we nevertheless recognize a certain interest in it due to its short phenological cycle and the quality of its wines, both rosé and red.

News about Winery Awhitu and wines from the region

Scapegrace to build £13m distillery in Central Otago

The Scapegrace team claims it will be New Zealand’s largest ever distillery when it is fully completed in October 2023. It will eventually produce all of Scapegrace’s award-winning gins and vodkas, along with its soon-to-be-released single malt whisky. The company plans to expand into other spirits categories further down the line too. Managing director Daniel McLaughlin said that the climate and water quality in Central Otago – which is famed for its Pinot Noir – make the region ideal for produ ...

Scapegrace to build £13m distillery in Central Otago

The Scapegrace team claims it will be New Zealand’s largest ever distillery when it is fully completed in October 2023. It will eventually produce all of Scapegrace’s award-winning gins and vodkas, along with its soon-to-be-released single malt whisky. The company plans to expand into other spirits categories further down the line too. Managing director Daniel McLaughlin said that the climate and water quality in Central Otago – which is famed for its Pinot Noir – make the region ideal for produ ...

American whiskey becomes most valuable auction sale of its kind

The Sotheby’s New York sale of Bourbon and Rye Whiskey, held at the weekend, combined two significant collections of American whiskey, with almost 100% of lots sold and 75% of them selling for above their pre-sale high estimates. The top spot for the most expensive lot in the auction went to a bottle of LeNell’s Red Hook Rye 24 Year Old Barrell #4, which sold for $43,750, double its pre-sale high estimate and making it the joint most valuable bottle of rye whiskey ever sold at auction. The sum w ...

The word of the wine: OIV

International Organisation of Vine and Wine. Intergovernmental organization studying the technical, scientific or economic questions raised by the culture of the vine and the production of wine.