A fellow winemaker told me why he entered competitions. “It is pretty much a lottery. You pay your money, send your wine in and if you win an award, great. If not, you just move on to the next one. Unless your wine is truly awful eventually you will win...

Last year, Michael Mondavi rattled the cages of corporate producers of wine – including the largest, Constellation, who purchased Mondavi wines in 2005. As reported in an article in Harpers, Michael Mondavi bluntly states major corporations are not capable of success in the fine wine market. “…only independent or family businesses...

When you're a wine maker and you meet enthusiasts like our collectors and patron club members, they always ask your opinion - first on wine and then on the culture and business of wine making, wine growing, wine reviewers and wine issues ranging from the screw cap vs cork debate to prices, sustainability...

In the latest issue of the Keyword Magazine, Destiny Bay Founder Mike Spratt (former partner at PriceWaterhouseCoopers) tells the story about his Destiny....

Besides another five vineyards, Destiny Bay is proud to become a part of "The Specialist Winegrowers of New Zealand"....

For more details or to make a booking view the invitation....