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Recent News

  • Destiny Bay featured as "The Lafite of New Zealand" in the Oriental Weekly.
  • Destiny Bay Wines and Robert Graham Studio Honor Dual Artistic Legacies with by conducting a private wine tasting honoring the memory of sculptor Robert Graham and his mentor Frederick Spratt. Read the press release.
  • Two great write-ups featuring Destiny Bay in the NZ Herald for Mystae and Magna Praemia.
  • Destiny Bay wine wins top praise from internationally prominent critic, Gerard Basset.
  • Destiny Bay featured article in the Sunday New Zealand Herald.
  • Bob Campbell rates 2006 Magna Praemia 97/100 The Gourmet Traveller.
  • Bob Campbell rates 2006 Destinae 95/100 an 2006 Mystae 96/100 in The Gourmet Traveller.
  • Highest score ever awarded to a New Zealand red wine - Magna Praemia 2007 receives 98/100 points by Anthony Dias Blue in the June issue of The Tasting Panel. Mystae and Destinae 2007 also awarded 93/100 and 90/100.
  • Destiny Bay launches provocative new wine blog to take on sacred cows and industry myths at www.winegaggle.com
  • Destiny Bay Wines reviewed by eRobertParker.com. 5 vintages of Destiny Bay Magna Praemia 90+ and each blend receives a 90+ score. According to scribe Neal Martin, “These wines are well worth seeking out!”
  • Michael Cooper gives special note to Destiny Bay and 5-Stars for Magna Praemia in this week's edition of The New Zealand Listener.
  • John Hawkesby crowns the 2006 Magna Praemia as one of the three best wines any serious collector should have in their cellar in most recent issue of World Magazine.
  • Feature Articles by Neal Martin and Paul White on Destiny Bay published in the latest issue of Caviar Affair.
  • Destiny Bay, The Hay Paddock, No.1 Family Estate, The Wooing Tree and Vinoptima join forces to form The Specialist Winegrowers of New Zealand.
  • Destiny Bay partners with Glengarry Wines, New Zealand's oldest Fine Wine Merchants. 
  • Destiny Bay Vineyards becomes Waiheke Island's first vineyard & winery to be certified "Fully Sustainable" by Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand. Read the full press release here.
  • The Destiny Bay Patron Club program has launched. Click the Patron Club link above for more information.

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