Blackenbrook Vineyard
Our News
Blackenbrook in the Press
2011
2010
- Blackenbrook Muscat a “Luscious Delight” – Review by Neil Hodgson
- Nelson – undeniably a Fine Wine Region
- Touring Nelson’s fantastic Wineries with Neil Hodgson
- Chris Patten of London’s Financial Times muses over his recent visit to Nelson
- Sue Courtney visits Blackenbrook in her bright yellow MG
- Neil Hodgson blown away by Vintage 2010
- Dream Harvest expected
- How I started my own winery – an inspirational tale by New Zealand Life & Leisure
- Nelson – home of New Zealand’s finest aromatic wines
- The phenomenal popularity of Pinot Gris shows no signs of waning
- Awesome Aromatics by Jo Burzynska
2009
- Riesling 2008 featured in Warren Barton’s Christmas Wine Guide
- International Trophy for Blackenbrook Sauvignon Blanc 2007
- Sue Courtney raves about our Pinot Gris 2008
- Blackenbrook well received
- Gold from Bragato
- Nelson aromatics show class
- Getting Competitive
- Innovation at Blackenbrook
- Nelson winery back as Kiwi rep.
- Hodgson on our Gewurztraminer ’08
- Blackenbrook Wines Full of Flavour
- Top New Zealand Rieslings
- NZ Winemakers – the new guard..
2008
2007
The Motueka Golden Bay News, reported our “Happy Dilemma” in their 18th Oct Issue…
They write:
Winery’s happy dilemma
Winning gold medals in not usually a problem for wineries, but it is posing a dilemma for Tasman winery Blackenbrook after its 2007 sauvignon blanc won a second major award.
The wine had already been named champion sauvignon blanc at the prestigious Bragato awards in Auckland in August. The accolades continued late last month when it won a gold medal and was named best sauvignon blanc at the New Zealand International Wine Show in Auckland.
But that’s created a problem for Blackenbrook’s Daniel and Ursula Schwarzenbach. They have been inundated with orders from buyers for the double gold-medal-winning wine, and are now worried that they’ll run out.
“The demand really increased after the second trophy,” Mrs Schwarzenbach said last week.
“We’ve ad to put the brakes on – we don’t want to sell out.”
Blackenbrook made 1000 cases of the 2007 sauvignon blanc and has about 600 left.
Mrs. Schwarzenbach said the winery wanted to ensure that it would be available to Nelson wine drinkers before it sold out.
She said her husband Daniel, who is Blackenbrook’s winemaker, knew that the 2007 sauvignon blanc was exceptional, but they still didn’t expect it to win two awards.
“Daniel said it was the best sauvignon blanc our land could produce and if it didn’t win an award, he’d be surprised. But we didn’t think it would win two like this.”
