The Winery Foothills of Gisborne of North Island

Winery Foothills - Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc
The winery offers 4 different wines
3.7
Note - 1Note - 1Note - 1Note - 0.5Note - 0
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 118 of the estates of North Island.
It is located in Gisborne in the region of North Island

The Winery Foothills is one of the best wineries to follow in Gisborne.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Gisborne to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Foothills wines

Looking for the best Winery Foothills wines in Gisborne among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Foothills 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 Foothills wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Foothills

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Foothills

How Winery Foothills wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of festive sea pot, zucchini quiche or goat cheese and bacon quiche.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Foothills.

  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Gisborne

The wine region of Gisborne is located in the region of North Island of New Zealand. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Vinoptima or the Domaine Millton produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Gisborne are Chardonnay, Pinot gris and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Gisborne often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, earth or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, oak or non oak.

In the mouth of Gisborne is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 89 estates and châteaux in the of Gisborne, producing 232 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Gisborne go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), spicy food or sweet desserts.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Foothills

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

Discover the grape variety: Perlon

A dual purpose grape variety (table and vat) obtained in Argentina by Angel Antonio Gargiulo by crossing the Emperor and the Perlette. It can also be found in Spain, Italy, Venezuela, etc. It should not be confused with perlona, which is a white grape variety of Italian origin. The crossing between the (ohanès x cardinal) and the Perlon (father) made it possible to obtain the big perlon, black table grape.

News about Winery Foothills and wines from the region

Adapting vineyards to a changing climate: Torres look to the future

In the face of rising temperatures and more frequent droughts, what can wine producers do to adapt their viticultural practices? Catalan producer Torres, which has emerged during the past decade as one of the global wine sector’s leading pioneers in tackling climate change, is experimenting with a range of creative ideas. Planting vines at higher altitudes is one option. The company is investing in cooler vineyards high in the mountains of the region. They have planted vines in Tremp at 950m in ...

Colombia for wine lovers

Think of Colombia, think of balmy evenings dancing to salsa, fuelled by shots of aguardiente and arepas. But there’s plenty more than the anise-based spirit and cornmeal cakes to sample in the South American country. Chefs have stepped up their game to put gastronomy on the map, with sommeliers and bartenders following suit. Not just appreciating local ingredients and distilling spirits, they also seek out wines from around the world to accompany fine-dining experiences. Their endeavours have pa ...

Behind LVMH’s Himalayan wine project: the villages of Ao Yun

It’s no easy task to establish a super-premium wine in an entirely new region, particularly when inviting potential retail partners or distributors to the vineyard involves journeying to a distant corner of the Himalayas in the outer reaches of the Yunnan province, southwestern China. For my journey, after four flights from Bordeaux to Shanghai, Chengdu then Shangri-La, it was a four-hour drive up through stunning mountain passes to the foothills (here, that means 2,200m above sea level) of the ...

The word of the wine: Eye

In tasting, this is the first phase of the analysis of the wine, which consists of describing its visual aspect (colour, intensity, clarity, brilliance and possible defects).