MARTINBOROUGH
When you come over the Remutaka Ranges from Wellington, there’s this dry open valley. It’s a special place that captures people. Once known for its sheep farming, this pioneering region captured the imagination of a new generation who were becoming passionate and interested in wine. Our winemaker, John Kavanagh, came to Martinborough specifically for Pinot Noir.
A tiny place at the foot of New Zealand’s North Island
Once known for its sheep farming, this pioneering region captured the imagination of a new generation in the 1980s. Today, its reputation around the world belies its tiny production – less that 2% of New Zealand’s wine.
our VINEYARDS
With four vineyard sites in the Martinborough appellation, we have an array of aromatics, flavours, textures and styles to work with.
The Martinborough Terrace is home to our Home and McLeod Vineyards and has 25m of deep gravel and alluvial soils around 2,500 years old. Once a riverbed, it’s a soil type that is unique and definitive for the varieties we have become famous for.
Out of town, our Rua and Springrock vineyards are cool and elevated, delivering a remarkable elegance and uniquely Martinborough style.
our WINERY
Down the end of Martins Road, you’ll find our winery. Nestled amongst our Home and McLeod vineyards, our winery’s close proximity to the vines helps reduce our carbon footprint of incoming grapes during Harvest. It also sits on John Martin’s original landholdings, once home to sheep.
our home THE RUNHOLDER
Nestled between vineyard rows and the edge of the Martinborough Terrace, The Runholder is our new home.
Discover our iconic wines along with Martinborough Vineyard wines & Lighthouse Gin in the tasting room, feast on a menu celebrating local produce in the restaurant, cosy up beside a roaring fire with a perfectly aged bottle from the cellar, and see Lighthouse Gin’s distiller at work while sipping the perfect Gin & Tonic.
Tasting room, cellar door & restaurant open 7 days from 11am to 4pm and Friday-Saturday 11am-9pm. To book please visit therunholder.co.nz/book