Huia Riesling

Claire and Mike arrived in Marlborough in 1990 and started Huia in 1996. "We were completely blown away by the region. It seemed to have the brightest sunshine, the most intensely flavoured wines, be stunningly beautiful and have an endless supply of the freshest produce." Those early years were spent gaining valuable experience in wineries in Marlborough. Mike at Cloudy Bay and Vavasour whilst Claire was at Corbans and Lawson's Dry Hills. They also both did a vintage in Champagne at Veuve Cliquot and Taittinger respectively. This gave them a great grounding in making bright New World wines, but also an appreciation of the sense of land, heritage, and tradition from the Old World. "Since we started Huia the vineyards have grown with an ever increasing emphasis on environmental sustainability, organics, and bio-dynamics. The further we go down the track the more evident it is that healthy clean vineyards are great places to live and work and produce more characterful wines and every year they seem to just get better."