Vavasour Wine

Vavasour Wine's family can trace their ancestry back to the Norman invasion of England. One Vavasour ancestor is believed to have been a 'taster' for William the Conqueror. The rooster on our wine bottle label is from the family crest and is an indication of the family's lineage.

 

The Vavasours arrived in New Zealand and established themselves in the Awatere Valley in 1890. Nearly a century later in 1985, Peter Vavasour identified the Awatere Valley as the new frontier for New Zealand wine growing and planted the first grapes there. Vavasour’s first vintage was 1989; within three years they were garnering high accolades and had officially put Awatere Valley on the map of great wine making regions.

 

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