We were excited to be able to share our sustainability story with WinePress, and discuss our ambitious plans for The Springs vineyard.  Read more about this exciting development here ..read more

The 2023 Imported Wine Hot Brands list for the USA has been announced and Whitehaven is thrilled to have received a “Wine Hot Brand’ award for an imported wine brand. The Wine Hot Brand award recognises Whitehaven’s double-digit growth in the USA market during 2023, and this is the 8th consecutive year Whitehaven has made the list. This win reinforces Whitehaven's continued success in the ultra-premium wine category in the USA. We are thrilled and thankful to have appeared on the list each year since 2016 ..read more

Whitehaven has struck gold with Double Gold and a series of Gold medals at the 2024 Sakura Womens' Japan Wine awards. The 2023 Whitehaven Pinot Gris received a Double Gold, which is an exceptional result.   About the competition: This is the 11th Sakura Japan Women's Wine Awards. A total of 430 judges, all women in the Japanese wine industry, judged 4,023 items from 27 countries. 324 items were awarded “Double Gold”, 1,441 items were awarded “Gold”, 682 items were awarded “Silver”, and a total of 2,447 items were honored with aw ..read more

We are thrilled to announce that the Whitehaven Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022 has been awarded a Double Gold medal at the Global Fine Wine Challenge 2023. This competition is by invitation only, and participants are selected by an expert panel of wine professionals.  It is an honour to be selected, let alone win one of the top awards in this competition ..read more

We were thrilled to receive a gold medal in the 2023 Aotearoa Regional Wine Competition ..read more

Whitehaven is proud to be launching our first certified organic wine, the 'Greg' Southern Valleys Pinot Noir 2020. Fruit for this wine has been sourced from the renowned Wrekin Vineyard in the Southern Valleys of Marlborough, and even the experts seem to enjoy this single vineyard Pinot Noir as much as we do! "Aromas of red cherries, sweet paprika, rosemary and violet. Medium- to full-bodied with velvety tannins. Fresh on the palate with mineral undertones. Berry character. Sustainable. From organically grown grapes." James Suckling, 91/100 Points. "Medium-bodied, high-energy pinot noir wi ..read more

After winning a Gold medal for the third row in a year at the Marlborough Wine Show, we are thrilled to receive the trophy for Champion Ros ..read more

"Charming and appealing with dark plum, cherry, clove and almond notes, it's succulent and rounded in the mouth with lovely weight and flow. The wine offers bright fruit flavours together with fine texture and silky tannins, offering excellent drinking." 91/100 Points, Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, NZ ..read more

As a family-owned wine company, it’s our firm belief that we have a long-term, intergenerational responsibility to leave the environment and community in which we operate, a better place for future generations.  We’re realistic.  We know sustainability is a journey. And we know that to address our impact in meaningful ways we will need to make continual improvements, both large and small, in the short and long term.  We have started by establishing three guiding foundations, which we call our 3P's.  And we've established some initial goals.  There's quite a lot that ..read more

The winery is now as empty as it has been in a long time with the final despatches of 2021 Whitehaven wine – Chardonnay and Pinot Noir - going out for bottling at the start of March. Despite the much smaller intake in 2021, we have decided to still produce a 2021 Greg Pinot Noir. We were extremely pleased with the quality of fruit from vintage 2021 and we want to be able to continue the legacy of our limited-quantity Greg Pinot Noir. Early March has also seen the arrival of our 2022 harvest interns. We have some very welcome returnees from 2021 along with plenty of fresh new faces, all friend ..read more