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A French Affair
David and PM are in Burgundy, catching up on our vineyards and winemakers there. There was also quite a significant birthday celebrated! Happy Birthday David!
Release of ‘Clonal Selection’ Pinot Noir – 2018 Rows 76-89
Exclusive and rare, this single clone pinot noir is a mouth-watering, beautifully silky wine with an elegant brightly textured palate ..
PRESS RELEASE: Domaine Thomson Wins Architecture Award
Central Otago wine company Domaine Thomson takes top honours at Southern Architecture Awards. The boutique Central Otago winery, has taken out top honours at this year’s Southern Architecture Awards announced on Friday night at the award ceremony in Wanaka.
2020 Rosé – Gold Medal at the 2021 Aotearoa Organic Wine Awards
Very happy to receive the news this morning from @organicwineawards that our 2020 Rosé won a GOLD Medal!! We are so delighted, thank you. Well done to all the winners and champions especially from Central Otago Winegrowers Association - humbling company! . A small batch production of this delicious pinot noir clone 6 wine is only available here at our cellar door, via our website and exclusively at Rātā Magnums available too - be quick! https://domainethomsonwines.com/.../2020-rose-1-5l-magnum/ . #organicsisbest #gooddirt #pinotcentral #nzwine #cromwell #pinotnoir #roséaday #magnum #gold...
What We Love About Harvest
This year marks 21 years since we planted the vineyard in Central Otago and 18 years since we started harvesting our grapes.
What a difference a week makes!
A week ago, PM and I had just arrived in Burgundy. The days were sunny and warm, with daily highs reaching 18 to 19°. The vines were waking up from their winter sleep and there were early signs of budding in some vineyards. A week later, a storm system from northern Europe is upon us and temperatures have plummeted. It has snowed all morning and by lunchtime, the temperature had limped its way to a miserly 2 degrees! Pretty chilly for April. I undertook my daily walk in the vineyards above Gevrey-Chambertin in light snow and an Artic wind. A week ago, vintage in New Zealand was barely...
We are looking forward to a very special time – harvest in the Vineyard
Every year, as we come up to “harvest” time, we all have mixed feelings. Harvest is the culmination of the year’s work, it’s what we have looked forward to all year. As the time comes, it’s both exciting and a little tense, we hope we have done all necessary work to set up the vines in the best position for a good vintage 2022. We also look up at the sky and hope for the best as far as the weather is concerned. It never fails to surprise how vignerons around the world feel the same about the run up to harvest, it is the same heady mixture of anticipation, excitement about the vintage and...
