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220 Million Years in the Making

Destiny Bay wines come from an exceptional place.

A place formed millions of years ago when powerful geological forces battled for control of a primative landscape.  A landscape of vast, featureless planes, swept by ancient winds that whipped up massive clouds of dust.

This was the primordial haze from which Waiheke Island emerged. Its most precious legacy resting just below the vineyard. A meter thick layer of weathered Aeolian sediment that cracks, shrinks and expands with the change of seasons.

This is harsh soil for vines. Survival is tested every year. The vines that answer the call yield fruit with distinctive character, flavor and structure.