The Gladstone Vineyard is a small but growing winery in the Wairarapa just north of Martinborough. We currently produce 3,500 – 4,000 cases of wine, increasing to at least 8,000 cases in the next three years. Our focus is to make wine, which is sought after, both in New Zealand and overseas. Close attention to detail in the vineyard and the winery by all our staff results in wine for the premium end of the market. Our principal varieties are Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, Riesling and Pinot Noir. We also make a Merlot Cabernet blend.Gladstone Vineyard is managed and operated by its owners, Christine and David Kernohan who took over the vineyard in February 1996. Both were born in Glasgow, Scotland and immigrated to New Zealand over 25 years ago. They are wholly committed owner operators and have gathered around them a small and loyal team of people. Christine makes the wine and manages the business. David, who is the company chairman, also runs his own business, Architecture Diagnostics, from the vineyard, and spends his weekends serving wine.

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2004 SAUVIGNON BLANCBronze Medal Bragato Wine Awards 2004Bronze Medal Liquorland Top 100 2004Bronze Medal Air NZ Wine Awards 2004Bronze Medal, International Aromatic Wine Competition, Canterbury 2004

2003 SAUVIGNON BLANCBronze Medal Air NZ Wine Awards 2003 Bronze Medal IW&SC UK 2004Seal of Approval IWC UK 2004

2002 SAUVIGNON BLANCBronze Medal Air NZ Wine Award, 2002Winestate Magazine 4 stars 2003 Seal of Approval IWC UK 2003

2001 SAUVIGNON BLANCBronze Medal Liquorland Top 100 2001Bronze Medal Air NZ Wine Awards 2001Bronze Medal Air Royal Easter Show 2002

2000 SAUVIGNON BLANCBronze Medal Air NZ Wine Awards 2000

1999 SAUVIGNON BLANCGold Medal Royal Easter Wine Show 20004-Stars Cuisine Magazine 1999

1997 SAUVIGNON BLANCBronze Medal Air NZ Wine Awards 1997

1996 SAUVIGNON BLANCGold Medal Liquorland Easter Show 1997Bronze Medal Air NZ Wine Awards 19964 –Stars Cuisine Magazine 1996

1998 FUMÉ BLANCSilver Medal Air NZ Wine Awards 1998

GLADSTONE WINE AWARDS2001 CHARDONNAYBronze Medal Liquorland Top 100 2002Bronze Medal Air NZ Wine Awards 20023½-Star Winestate Magazine 2003

1999 CHARDONNAYGold Medal Air NZ Wine Awards 2000Bronze Medal Royal Easter Show 2000

2003 AVATAR PINOT NOIR4-Stars Winestate Magazine 2004Bronze Medal Bragato Wine Awards 2004

2003 PINOT NOIRBronze Medal IWC UK 2004Commended IW&SC UK 2004

2001 RESERVE MERLOTBronze Medal Liquorland Top 100 2002

1998 RESERVE MERLOT4½-Stars Winestate Magazine 19994-Stars Cuisine Magazine 1999Bronze Medal Liquorland Top 100 1999

2003 AULD ALLIANCEBronze Medal Air NZWine Awards 2004Bronze Medal NZ Royal Easter Wine Show Awards 2005

2001 MERLOT CABERNET SAUVIGNONBronze Medal Royal Easter Show 2003

1999 CABERNET SAUVIGNON MERLOTBronze Medal Royal Easter Show 2002

1998 CABERNET SAUVIGNON MERLOTSilver Medal Liquorland Top 100 IWC 2000Bronze Medal Air NZ Wine Awards 2000

1997 FUMÉ BLANCBronze Medal Air NZ Wine Awards 1997Silver Medal Liquorland Easter Show 1998

1996 FUMÉ BLANCBronze Medal Air NZ Wine Awards 1996Bronze Medal Liquorland Easter Show 1997Cuisine Magazine Top Ten Sauvignon Blanc 1996

2004 PINOT GRIS5-Stars Winestate Magazine

2002 PINOT GRISTop of Class Winewise Small Vigneron Awards 2003Bronze Medal Royal Easter Show 2003 IWC Seal of Approval 2002

2000 PINOT GRISSilver Medal Air NZ Wine Awards 20002003 RIESLINGSilver Medal, International Aromatic Wine Competition, Canterbury 20044-Stars Winestate Magazine 2004Bronze Medal Liquorland Top 100 2004

2002 RIESLING4-Stars Winestate Magazine 2003

1998 RIESLINGSilver Medal Air NZ Wine Awards, 1998Bronze Medal IW&SC UK 1999

1997 RIESLINGBronze Medal Liquorland Easter Show 1998

Made with ripe fruit, all hand harvested from our home blocks, this wine has a rich bouquet of passionfruit and tropical fruit with an underlying sauvignon herbaceousness. Fresh and fruity, it is a crisp wine with a clean long finish.

pH 3.28; rs 1.8g/l; Alc/Vol 13%

Bronze medal, Bragato Wine Awards, August 2004Bronze medal, Air New Zealand Wine Awards 2004Bronze medal, International Aromatic Wine Competition 2004

Sauvignon Blanc 2004 (new release)

This wine is a pale straw colour, with a good acid balance and powerful flavours. It has a perfumed fruity bouquet with aromas of lychees and apples. On the palate, it is smooth, with flavours of pineapple and apple. A dry wine, it is a wine which will age well over the next 1 to 3 years.

pH 3.07; TA 9.2g/l; rs 3.6g/l; Alc/Vol 13.3%

4star Winestate, Australia 2004Bronze medal, Air New Zealand Wine Awards 2004Silver medal, International Aromatic Wine Competition 2004

Riesling 2003

This is a harmonious wine with musky and spicy fruity aromas. The palate is smooth and creamy with flavours of bread, peach and pear, with hints of lime backed by yeast and yoghurt characteristics. Careful handling at harvest by whole bunch pressing and cool fermentation gave excellent flavours. The wine was aged for five month in tanks on the lees and was pumped over regularly to give leesy complexities.

pH 3.59; TA 6.2g/l; rs 9g/l;Alc/Vol 12.15%

Pinot Gris 2004 (new release)

This is a rich and sophisticated wine, with balanced flavours, rich yet easy to drink and enjoy. Intense and complex it is spicy and peppery on the nose, with flavours of cherry and stewed plums. Careful use of good French oak has resulted in an enjoyable smooth wine, which will age and develop well over the next 3-4 years.

pH 3.51; TA 6.2g/l; Alc/Vol 13.6%

Bronze Medal, International Wine Challenge 20044star Winestate Australia 2004

Pinot Noir 2004 (new release)

The “Auld Alliance” is the premier Bordeaux style wine from Gladstone Vineyard, made by a Scottish woman winemaker with French Grapes varieties. The Auld Alliance, Scotland’s most famous connection with Europe was the Auld Alliance with France. First agreed in 1295/96 it was built on Scotland and France’s shared need to curtail English expansion. Not simply a military alliance, it was based on a long-established friendship founded on the Scots’ love of French wines.

This dark plummy wine has great colour, and smoky oak characteristics on the nose. It has full flavours of ripe berry, plum and cassis, with hints of liquorice give a rich and complex taste sensation. The moderate tannins and alcohol in the wine will give it good ageing potential. This is a good mouth filling wine which will partner food well.

Auld Alliance 2003

pH 3.51; TA 6.2g/l; Alc/Vol 13.6%Bronze medal, Air New Zealand Wine Awards 2004