Hitchen Road Vineyard Pokeno new zealand

Hitchen Road Vineyard is a 5 acre vineyard on very favourable north facing slopes above the Pokeno Village, just south of the Bombay Hills. It is part of a 100 acre pastoral farm and has a beautiful view over the North Waikato.

All the wines are hand crafted here from grapes that are grown on the property. The only process that takes place off site is bottling.

We are 40 minutes south of the Auckland CBD and 50 minutes north of Hamilton. Visiting the winery is by appointment - call us on 09 233 6722 or 0274 948 737.

What's Happening at Hitchen Road Vineyard?

Our Pinotage devotees will be pleased to know that once again this is available.  The 2009 Pinotage is now back from the bottlers. We gave this wine fifteen months in the barrel and the result is  particularly smooth and mouth filling.

In the vineyard all the pruning is complete.  Some replanting with Montipulciano and Sangiovesi has been done. We have planted a few experimental Barberra and Nebiolo. The 2010 wine is quietly maturing in its barrels.
 
With all this done, Ken and I are off on an ambitious cycle trip from the North Sea to the Adriatic with the hope we will catch up with a few interesting wines on route.  If you would like to follow our progress, go to www.crazyguyonabike.com.

WINE SALES WILL CONTINUE AS USUAL.  David is living out at the Vineyard to keep an eye on things there and Peter will process and dispatch all internet orders.

When we get home the winter will be a soggy memory and the new shoots on the vines giving us promise for our 2011 harvest.