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The best wines of 2021, Canvas Magazine

We were over the moon to see our Family Reserve Gewurztraminer 2019 crowned New Zealand's best Gewurztraminer in the latest NZ Herald's Canvas Maga...

2014 Family Reserve Chardonnay still going strong

Good afternoon Ursula and Daniel, Just wanted to report that I opened up a bottle of your “2014 Family Reserve Chardonnay” to go with a chicken and...

Gewurztraminer delights

Just opened a bottle of your 2015 St Jacques Gewürztraminer....all I can say is...wow...delicious. Glad I’ve got a few tucked away in my cellar....

Happy days at the Winery

Our young 2021 wines are putting a big smile on Daniel's face. While the quantity is tiny because of a cold snap during flowering in December, the...

Rows of grapevines covered with white bird netting. Under the nets you can see the ripening grapes. A green strip of grass is visible between the two rows. Above the vineyard the sky is blue and cloudless.

Swiss quality-focus transplanted to New Zealand

That's how wine blogger Jakub Jurkiewicz experienced Blackenbrook when he visited with his wife over the long Easter weekend! He came to Nels...

The stunning Nelson Wine Region

Bob Campbell MW just published this great introduction to our beautiful wine region on The Real Review web site: Nelson is tucked away at the t...

... meanwhile in the Winery

So good to have the kids home for school holidays! Isabelle just topped our Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Montepulciano barrels, replacing the "Ange...

Trophy win for our Pinot Blanc 2020

Our Pinot Blanc has done it again! It was a huge honour to receive the Trophy for Best Other White Wine at last night's award ceremony of the New Z...

Home delivery during Covid lockdown

It's here and we're delighted - Gewurztraminer disaster averted!Thanks for such prompt service in these tricky days.Andrew Irving, Nelson

Vintage year amid virus turmoil

The Nelson Mail 1 April 2020, by Neil Hodgson I was recently reminded of an old Chinese saying 'may you live in interesting times'. One thing I a...

Three bottles of Blackenbrook Pinot Blanc. In the background there are some stainless steel tanks and red winery hoses.

Blackenbrook awarded trophy for its Pinot Blanc - first-ever vintage wins Champion in category

MEDIA RELEASE22 October 2019 The ‘gold of golds’ Champion Trophy Medal was awarded to Nelson winery Blackenbrook Vineyard for their first-ever vint...