The Winery Te Ora of North Island

Winery Te Ora
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 1544 of the estates of North Island.
It is located in North Island

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

Top Winery Te Ora wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Te Ora

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Te Ora

How Winery Te Ora wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of veal shank with mushrooms, grilled lamb shoulder with spices and honey or piccata with cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Te Ora

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Te Ora. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Te Ora

  • 2015With an average score of 3.10/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.10/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of North Island

New-zealand/north-island/northland">Northland, as its name suggests, is New Zealand's northernmost wine-producing region, around four hours' drive northwest of the country's largest city, Auckland. Most of the Northland region's wineries are situated on the east coast, particularly around the Bay of Islands and the Karikari Pensinula, with another cluster on the west coast near Kaitaia. The region's red wines are mostly produced from Syrah, Pinotage">Pinotage and the Hybrid variety Chambourcin. Chardonnay leads the way for white wine grape varieties; Pinot Gris, Viognier and Sauvignon Blanc are among the other varieties cultivated here.

Although Northland's contribution to the New Zealand wine industry is minuscule (in 2013, the region crushed 130 metric tonnes of grapes, compared to Marlborough's 250,000), it is important historically. The first vines were planted in the Bay of Islands in 1819, a Full 30 years before missionaries began planting in the Hawkes Bay. The founding father of viticulture in the Antipodes, James Busby, had a Vineyard at his house at Waitangi before going on to establish the Hunter Valley wine region in Australia. This Waitangi property is also where New Zealand's founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi, was signed in 1840.

In the late 1800s, kauri-gum diggers from Croatia began to move into the area in search of fortune, bringing winemaking traditions from their homeland. While viticulture in the region has never been viable on a large scale, Northland's boutique wine industry is growing fast, with the Northland Wine Growers Association (formed in 2007) boasting a membership of more than 50. Northland's sub-tropical Climate is unique in New Zealand. Warm, humid summers and rainy winters are challenging for growers, who must employ careful vineyard techniques to avoid mildew and rot.

The top white wines of Winery Te Ora

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Te Ora

How Winery Te Ora wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of shrimps with curry and coconut milk, leek, goat cheese and bacon quiche or bacon and goat cheese chicken wrap.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Te Ora

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Te Ora. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Te Ora

  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Te Ora

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

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.