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The Winemaker.

Rod 

But I sure don't do it on my own...

Meet the makers

Rod, I Love Making Wine.

When I was a kid, I thought I’d be a farmer. All my family thought I’d be a farmer.  When we sold our farm, I spent
every school holiday I could on a farm.  I loved getting up early, I loved the stock, the dark mornings and the sunrises.  I loved the ritual and routine of farming life - early starts, back home for long breakfasts, feeding the dogs, feeding out hay from the back of a tractor…

My first memory of wine being on the radar was at my grandparents’ place, Christmas dinner, when I was ten. Papa always fancied a drink, his martinis and G&Ts were the stuff of legend.  He also loved entertaining, big dinners, a bottle or two of special wine on the table. There was always a story that went with it.  Great wine is all about that. 

So, in 1993 I arrived in Hawke’s Bay with a love for making wine and everything I owned packed into the boot of a small car.  I  spent nine years as winemaker at Vidal Estate in Hawke's Bay and was awarded New Zealand Winemaker of the year in 2006. I left later that year with a few ideas about what Hawke's Bay wines could be like, where the great ones would come from, and started Rod McDonald Wines.

The plan was to consult to a few leading producers and launch a family of wines, which now sits with Trademark Syrah, Quarter Acre, Two Gates, Te Awanga Estate and One Off.  Our new winemaking and spiritual home is at
The Hawkes Bay Wine Company in Pandora on the edge of Napier.  Our cellar door is on the coast at mighty Te
Awanga.

I'm the current Chairman at the Hawke’s Bay A & P Wine Awards, a Senior Judge at the New Zealand International Wineshow and spent six years as Chairman of the Hawke's Bay Winegrowers Association.

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News, Reviews And Tastings.

HUGE INTERNATIONAL WIN FOR OUR SYRAH

Pleased, stoked, proud to say that our little old Quarter Acre 2015 Syrah took out four trophies AND the big one - Champion Red Wine of Show at the International Wine Challenge (IWC) in London!  The others leading up to the 'big one' were Best Hawke's Bay Syrah, Best New Zealand Red,  Best New Zealand Syrah and Best International Syrah.  All the way over on this side of the world, we've been smiling a bit about this one!  Being self-confessed Syrah junkies makes it all the more sweet. Thanks to all who've bought this drop - may you thoroughly enjoy.  We are sadly all out.  

 

CHARDY CHARM

A couple of our Chardonnay's have been shining a little of late.  Our One Off 2015 Chardonnay & our Quarter Acre 2015 Chardonnay were both awarded Gold at the New Zealand International Wine Show and the Quarter Acre was five big juicy stars & in the top ten in the recent annual Cuisine Magazine New Zealand Chardy tasting.  While our new (and long-sold out) baby, the Trademark 2015 Chardonnay, was given a Gold at the Global Masters Chardonnay Competition. Then our yet-to-be-released Quarter Acre 2016 Chardonnay nabbed a good-old-Gold at the very recent Royal Easter Show Wine Awards.  Man, we dug Chardonnay before and now we're totally hooked!

 

ONE OFF INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARD

This guy on the right has just won us a Trophy for the best red wine label design at the Harpers Design Awards in the UK and we're pleased as punch.  Design awards are certainly not the norm for us, but we do put a lot of love into the look of our labels here at RMW. Thanks to Zoë Chisholm for the inspiration and design, along with Max Parkes (Unit Design) and Aaron Hosford (Font Studio).  Little old Hawke's Bay designers, aye?!!

 

MAKING A MARK

Proud as punch to release our second-ever Trademark Syrah, the 2013, and to introduce for the first time its flashier, golden cousin the Trademark Chardonnay 2015.  Only made in the perfect storm and rather limited stocks, releasing these wines is a big deal for us.  It's some of our best work so far and the really exciting thing is we've only just started!  And here's a little review from the lovely Raymond Chan, just to get you started.

 

NEW ZEALAND BUSINESS MAG AND ME

A little bit of blurb appeared recently on www.nzbusiness.co.nz  Tried to put my best foot forward!

 

"A" FOR AWESOME FIVE-STAR CHARDY

It's no secret that around here we love a good chardy, so when one of ours does well, it makes us pretty chuffed. Our soon-to-be-released Quarter Acre 2015 Chardonnay has had wonderful 5 Star reviews from Sam Kim and Raymond Chan.  Read what they say right here, including "This is awesome" from Sam Kim. (note that this wine isn't released yet, we're still on the 2014, but not long now!)

 

TRADEMARK SYRAH 2011 ALL GONE

All our stocks are gone, gone, gone.  Keep an eye out at fab wine shops near you if you'd like to snaffle a bottle before it really disappears.  Love you long time Trademark Syrah 2011...

 

GOURMET TRAVELLER WINE NOTES US AS A 'RISING STAR'

Humbled and honoured to be named on a list of one of nine New Zealand "rising stars" by the esteemed Bob Campbell in Gourmet Traveller Wine.  Bob notes our Quarter Acre 2013 Syrah as a signature wine.  This mag's all class and credit, so we're stoked to be named and photographed among its pages.

 

BOB DIGS OUR VIOGNIER

Yes, the wonderful Bob Campbell has spoke rather nicely about our Quarter Acre 2014 Viognier, in fact giving it 4.5 stars and an "impressively powerful" tag. Check out his full review here under the title "New Zealand's Best 2014 Viognier" (just saying).  We love Viognier, take a punt if you haven't stepped over to the the dark side yet...it's well worth seeking some out.

 

THE GUARDIAN LIKES OUR CHARDY

You read it right.  Fiona Beckett, wine and food writer for The Guardian UK, mentioned our One Off 2014 Chardonnay in a recent article saying it was "gorgeously creamy", making her ponder why she didn't drink chardy more often?!  Well we have to agree on that one.  Check it out here.

 

WHAT MR COOPER SAYS

Well-known wine writer Michael Cooper has recently had a bit of a review-fest on our wines and this is what he came up with:

4 Stars Te Awanga Estate 2014 Chardonnay 
4 1/2 Stars Quarter Acre 2014 Viognier
4 Stars Quarter Acre 2013 Rosé
4 Stars Quarter Acre 2013 Merlot Malbec
4 Stars Te Awanga Estate 2013 Merlot Franc
5 Stars Quarter Acre 2013 Syrah BOOYAHH!
4 1/2 Stars Te Awanga Estate 2013 Syrah

That'll do!  Check it out at www.michaelcooper.co.nz

 

OUR QA SYRAH'S A LITTLE STAR!

Not only did our Quarter Acre 2013 Syrah get a Gold from Decanter (see below), but it's now come 3rd (behind two Villa Maria wines) in a Syrah line up at Cuisine Magazine.  As we're just a tad Syrah-centric around here - that's all good as far as we're concerned!

 

HOLD THE PHONE...GOLD IN THE DECANTER WORLD WINE AWARDS!

Yep you heard right, we got a Gold for our Quarter Acre 2013 Syrah. We're particularly proud of that. Keeping our Quarter Acre Syrah company was a Silver for our Quarter Acre 2013 Chardy, and a Bronze for our Te Awanga Estate 2013 Syrah. Not a bad haul, huh?!

 

MORE GOOD NEWS...

Raymond Chan has given 5 booming stars to our recently released One Off 2013 Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sangiovese (Super Hawke's Bay for short), there's very limited stocks of this beauty so rip into this damn fine fire-side red.

 

5 STAR ONE OFF 2014 CHARDY...SOLD OUT

Ok, so that was quick.  We were to tell you about our lovely Old School One Off 2014 Chardy and how it was now up for the taking, but it ran out the door faster than my boy when he hears the cry "dishes time"!  While that's good for us, really good for us, if you're on the hunt for some you might just find it at other places around the traps, try our good friends at  Advintage.

 

5 STAR MERLOT MALBEC AND SYRAHS

Sam Kim from Wine Orbit recently gave three of our new-release wines 5 stars each.  Now that's what you'd consider a really good haul - all reds, all 2013 and all hunky dory according to Sam.  Get the full review at this very spot, but to very briefly sum up this is what he said about each wine;  Quarter Acre Merlot Malbec 2013 - "This is Awesome."  Te Awanga Estate Syrah 2013 - "A lovely expression of the variety."  Quarter Acre Syrah 2013 - "The wine shows beautiful harmony and integration." Get amongst it!

 

QUARTER ACRE 2013 CHARDONNAY HITS THE SWEET SPOT

Our Quarter Acre Chard has been punching above its weight of late - it was awarded Pure Gold at the recent Air New Zealand Wine Awards and Michael Cooper has just given it 5 Stars in his 2015 edition of the Michael Copper's Buyers Guide.  In fact, this is what he said: "... a classic regional style. A single-vineyard wine, hand-picked and barrel-fermented with indigenous yeasts, it has a complex bouquet, leading into a weighty palate with rich, ripe stone-fruit flavours, concentrated, complex and long. Best drinking 2016+"  Go Hawke's Bay Chard!

 

RELEASE OF THE BIG GUN - TRADEMARK SYRAH 2011

Here's an introduction we've been itching to make for quite some time now.  It's a wine we've been maturing and refining and it may be no surprise to you that it's a Syrah (see arty shot on the right!) It was always the idea that one day we'd make and launch a Syrah into the big wide world that was what we thought was a sterling example of a Syrah grown and made well in Hawke's Bay. A single vineyard, one brand, best we can make, only in a good harvest kinda gig.  So in 2010 we let loose the No.8 2007 Syrah, it's long since sold out and we've now gone through a name change, but we're back where we need to be with the re-launch of this wine.  Raymond Chan's liking it giving it a bloody grand 19.5/20, and in the New Zealand Herald, Mr Hawkesby said it's "...a seamless head-turner of a wine....Rich colour with robust flavours, finishing with a velvet smoothness and flavours of mint along with white pepper and red fruits." I'll drink to that.  Phew.

 

JONH HAWKESBY TALKS ONE OFF

The launch of our latest One Offs - the 2014 Albarino and Sangiovese Rose - has brought on a couple of kind words from Mr Hawkesby on Newstalk ZB.  Check it out right here.  Both wines are loaded into our Buy Wines section too should you require some summer drinking, or visit Imo out at the Cellar Door Te Awanga way.

 

STOKED ALERT - WINESTATE GIVES OUR QUARTER ACRE 2013 CHARDY 5 STARS

They sure did - we just heard!  Hot off the press they said - "...it has a complex bouquet, leading into a weighty palate with rich, ripe stonefruit flavours, concentrated, complex and long."  Sold!

 

HUON HOOKE GIVES A BIG NOD  TO OUR TE AWANGA ESTATE 2011 SYRAH

Wine writer for the Sydney Morning Herald and Gourmet Traveller Wine (Hello! Gonna say that again - Sydney Morning Herald and Gourmet Traveller Wine baby...!), Huon Hooke, has awarded the Te Awanga Estate 2011 Syrah Gold Ribbon Wine status (94+ points) with 95 points on his website www.huonhooke.com  Ok, so those Aussies did just help nip away with the America's Cup, but it seems they do know a good wine when they taste one too!

 

JOHN SAKER COMPARES ROD TO F SCOTT FITZGERALD

Seriously cool piece by Mr JohnSaker in the Sunday Star Times recently.  Check it out here.  Paraphrasing of course, but basically he says the Vidal Estate 1998 Joseph Soler Syrah was Rod's 'Gatsby' wine, "...a work of polished brilliance...".  He  does continue on to say that Rod has managed better that Fitzgerald with his follow ups (phew!), one of them being the Quarter Acre 2011 Chardonnay - "...a taut flint-meets-stonefruit, complex chardy..."

 

 

TE AWANGA ESTATE ACCOMMODATION 

Although the cellar door is closed for winter, our coastal has apartment is still available for those looking for a vineyard stay close to the sea.  For full details click here or  chase up Jo on 021 178 9999 or send her an email.  Also there's lots more info and pics on the Te Awanga Estate Facebook page.

 

 

Trademark

TRADEMARK STORY

TRADEMARK STORY

I hand-on-heart believe that Chardonnay and Syrah grown within our region will become the most important red and white varieties raised in Hawke's Bay.  They’ll become our trademarks.

With Trademark, we're putting our Chardonnay and Syrah out there, releasing it to the world, poking a stick in the ground and saying that this is the best we can create at that particular time, in this particular place.  It's a life's work.

Only made in a good vintage, with fairly small print runs.  They're drinkers and keepers.  Made from 100% Hawke's Bay gold.

 

Quarter Acre

QUARTER ACRE STORY

QUARTER ACRE STORY

A collection of single vineyard wines that represent the ground and place they came from while at the same time tell a story about making wine in Hawke's Bay.

Since 2006, we’ve been searching out Hawke’s Bay’s best vineyards and using a light touch to make wines that truly represent the ground and place they come from. We want to make wines with great individual character; wines that we love to drink.  Like the vines we work with, Quarter Acre is an idea firmly planted in New Zealand.

Here's a bit more about where we grow our Quarter Acre grapes

 

 

 

Quarter Acre

Out on the coast is where we grow our Chardonnay and Viognier. Itmeans nice bright acidity and pure, mineral flavours on the palate.Inland and at a little altitude is where our Sauvignon Blanc comes from.It’s because of the elevation we can achieve the diurnal range - thedifference between daytime highs and night time lows - making forpunchy, unctuous Sauvignon Blanc.

More Chardonnay and our reds aregrown on two sites, inland at Havelock North on a combo of ash,limestone and clay soils, and at Maraekakaho on the free drainingalluvial gravels running alongside the Ngaruroro River. High daytimetemperatures and warm nights result in grapes of complexity, flavour andripeness.

 

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Te Awanga Estate

TE AWANGA ESTATE STORY

TE AWANGA ESTATE STORY

Te Awanga is a special piece of dirt.  Planted 25 years ago by a group of friends in one of Hawke's Bay's oldest wine growing areas.  They dreamt of making the region's greatest wines.  We're still working on it but believe our vineyard by the coast truly captures something unique.

Te Awanga Estate is a range of single estate wines that are rich, mouthfilling and long-lived.

Here's a bit more about where we grow our Te Awanga Estate grapes

Check out our Cellar Door at Te Awanga Estate.

Te Awanga Estate

The vineyards of Te Awanga are characterised by shallow volcanic loess soils which are ideal for wine of great flavour. Underlying this is a shallow impervious clay pan at about 35 centimetres.

This pan, whilst a challenge for grape growing, limits the vine vigour and is a major factor in producing wines of concentration. The coastal climate with associated sea breezes and cooler night temperatures is vital in creating slow ripening to intensify the flavours of both red and white wines.

Quality wine grapes have been grown at Te Awanga for a century. We are fortunate to have an extremely special piece of dirt and the chance to play our part in making some of the great wines of Hawke’s Bay and New Zealand.

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M I S T E R

MISTER STORY

MISTER STORY

Don't be fooled by his look, Mister is a modern Hawke's Bay love story.  The love of the grape, the land, the adventure and the road that lead you there.  Slightly left of centre, Mister is as clever as it is curious, bold as it is beautiful, dapper in dress-sense only and modern to the core.  So banish the kerchief to your back pocket and settle in. Understated, never.  Magnificent, always.

 

Two Gates

Located on the alluvial river terraces laid down by the Ngarururo River over the last few hundred thousand years, our Two Gates vineyard not only looks a treat, but grows great grapes as well. The top soil of this vineyard is relatively light - a combination of wind-blown loess, volcanic ash and fine alluvial silts with a little clay over red metal and grey wacky.

To be run organically a site needs a lot of natural advantages, things like consistent air movement, moderate rainfall, free draining, low fertility, and high diurnal range. Missing one of those factors and you can manage, but having them all makes for a great site.

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One Off

ONE OFF STORY

ONE OFF STORY

Here's a few wines that don't quite fit with the others in the 'hood. Maybe it's a great Martinborough Pinot Noir we've been caring for since 2014, or it could be some pre-Christmas bubbles we've been mucking around with, or even a bizarre grape varietal from Botswana - that's One Off.

The idea behind it is that we can make, blend and bottle it with a healthy disregard for brand families, consumer research and marketing fundamentals.  And it's fun.  The only catch is that it's a one off...when it's gone, it's gone. There'll never be another!

Our Vineyards.

THE GRAPE KEEPER

Brent Stone may just be the ultimate man of the Hawke’s Bay land.  Although he wasn’t born in the region, he moved here with his family at the age of five and the rivers and soils of the area pretty much run through his veins.  He can’t imagine living anywhere else.

A childhood filled with long hot summers playing and swimming in the rivers that flow down from the Ruahine Ranges kicked off a love for the outdoors.

His early working life saw him always outdoors, on farms and orchards, apart from one season in the freezing works, a bit of a right of passage for a chap in Hawke’s Bay.  And then the vines called – that and the fact that, as he puts it, he was over apples and liked the idea of not having to climb ladders. Tractors with cabs also looked rather appealing.

 

 

OUR VINEYARDS

Quarter Acre
Te Awanga Estate
Two Gates

Quarter Acre.

Out on the coast is where we grow our Chardonnay and Viognier. It means nice bright acidity and pure, mineral flavours on the palate. Inland and at a little altitude is where our Sauvignon Blanc comes from. It’s because of the elevation we can achieve the diurnal range - the difference between daytime highs and night time lows - making for punchy, unctuous Sauvignon Blanc.

More Chardonnay and our reds are grown on two sites, inland at Havelock North on a combo of ash, limestone and clay soils, and at Maraekakaho on the free draining alluvial gravels running alongside the Ngaruroro River. High daytime temperatures and warm nights result in grapes of complexity, flavour and ripeness.


 

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Te Awanga Estate.

The vineyards of Te Awanga are characterised by shallow volcanic loess soils which are ideal for wine of great flavour. Underlying this is a shallow impervious clay pan at about 35 centimetres.

This pan, whilst a challenge for grape growing, limits the vine vigour and is a major factor in producing wines of concentration. The coastal climate with associated sea breezes and cooler night temperatures is vital in creating slow ripening to intensify the flavours of both red and white wines.

Quality wine grapes have been grown at Te Awanga for a century. We are fortunate to have an extremely special piece of dirt and the chance to play our part in making some of the great wines of Hawke’s Bay and New Zealand.



 

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Two Gates.

Located on the alluvial river terraces laid down by the Ngarururo River over the last few hundred thousand years, our Two Gates vineyard not only looks a treat, but grows great grapes as well. The top soil of this vineyard is relatively light - a combination of wind-blown loess, volcanic ash and fine alluvial silts with a little clay over red metal and grey wacky.

To be run organically a site needs a lot of natural advantages, things like consistent air movement, moderate rainfall, free draining, low fertility, and high diurnal range. Missing one of those factors and you can manage, but having them all makes for a great site.


 

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Buy Wines.

HOW TO ORDER.

Add the wines you'd like to buy to your Wine Cart. If you have a super special code, you'll be asked to type it in part way through the process.

Please make sure the total number of bottles in your Wine Cart is a multiple of 6.
For example 6, 12, 18... bottles are all valid amounts.

Where to Buy.

ROD McDONALD WINES LTD

Commercial Enquiries.  Tania Fulcher. Phone +64 21 183 9894

Rod McDonald Wines Cellar Door. Te Awanga Estate / 376 Parkhill Road / Te Awanga. Phone +64 6 875 0553 (closed May-October

 

DISTRIBUTORS.

Quarter Acre / Trademark

Red + White Cellar. Level 1 / 205 Great North Road/ Grey Lynn / Auckland / New Zealand. Phone +64 9 376 0760  redwhitecellar.co.nz  sales@redwhitecellar.co.nz 

 

Te Awanga Estate / Two Gates / One Off / Mister

RMWP. Mike Farrugia.  Phone + 64 21 945 220  mike@rmwp.co.nz

 

 

Marks and Spencer. 35 North Wharf Road / London W2 / United Kingdom.  marksandspencer.com

Oddbins, UK. www.oddbins.com

 

WHERE TO BUY IN NZ.

Advintage. 4 Donnelly Street / Havelock North / Hawkes Bay.  Freephone 0800 111 660.  advintage.co.nz

The Village Winery. 417 Mt Eden Road / Mt Eden / Auckland. Phone +64 9 638 9780.  villagewinery.co.nz

Ballatino's Food Lovers Market. 9 Napier Road / Havelock North / Hawke's Bay.  Phone +64 6 875 8103 ballatinos.co.nz

Centre City Wines and Spirits.  Waring Taylor Street / Wellington. Phone +64 4 473 7095 www.centrecity.co.nz

Pukeko Junction.  458 Ashworths road / State Highway 1 / Leithfield / North Canterbury.  pukekojunction.co.nz

Regional Wines & Spirits.  15 Ellice Street / Mount Victoria / Wellington.  Phone +64 4 385 6952.  regionalwines.co.nz

Dominion Wines & Spirits.  2/674 Dominion Road / Balmoral / Auckland. Phone +64 9 623 2333

Little River Store.  Main Road / Little River / Canterbury.   littleriverstore@xtra.co.nz

Pembroke Wines.  24 Dungarvon Street / Wanaka.  pembrokewines.co.nz

Arrowtown Wines. 12 Ramshaw Lane / Arrowtown.  arrowtownwinestore.co.nz

Wetlands Liquor. 1 Marama Avenue / Otatara / Invercargill.  Phone +64 3-213 1490

Ellerslie Wines.  23 Kalmia Street / Ellerslie / Auckland. Phone +64 579 5556

St Heliers Wines and Spirits.  287c St Heliers Bay Road / St Heliers / Auckland.  Phone +64 9 550 6923.

Foodstuffs Auckland and Wellington.  foodstuffs.co.nz

Nosh Constellation Drive.  10a Constellation Drive / Rosedale / Auckland. noshfoodmarket.com

Nosh Glen Innes.  133 Apirana Avenue / Glen Innes / Auckland.  noshfoodmarket.com

Nosh Greenlane.  136 Greenlane Rd East / Greenlane / Auckland.   noshfoodmarket.com

Nosh Mt Eden.  422 Dominion Road / Mt Eden / Auckland.  noshfoodmarket.com

Scenic Cellars.  Taupo.  Phone +64 7 378 5704.  sceniccellars.co.nz

Wino's Liquor.  Blenheim.  Phone +64 3 578 4196.  winos.co.nz

Four Square Parakai. 137 Parkhurst Road / Parakai.

Liquor Park.  11 Beach Road / Auckland.  Phone +64 9 368 9164.

Liquorland Cableways. 3 Mellor Street / Kaikorai Valley / Dunedin. Phone +64 3 476 7680.

Liquorland Manukau. Cnr Cavendish Drive / Manukau / Auckland.

Liquor Plus Greytown.  74 Main Street / Greytown.  Phone +64 6 304 8525.

Liquor Centre Beach Haven.  11 Sunnyhaven Ave / Beach Haven / North Shore City

Village Wine Trader.  Palmerston North.  Phone +64 6 357 0779.  winetrader.co.nz

The Merchant of Taupo.  Phone +64 7 378 4626  themerchant.co.nz

Waiheke Wine Centre.  153 Oceanview Rd / Oneroa / Waiheke Island.  Phone +64 9 372 6139.   waihekewinecentre.com

Wine Direct.  winedirect.co.nz

First Glass Wines and Spirits.  22 Northcroft Street / Takapuna / Auckland. Phone +64 9 486 6415. firstglass.co.nz

New World Birkenhead.  180 Mokoia Road / Birkenhead / Auckland.

New World Devonport.  Bartley Terrace / Devonport / Auckland.

New World Eastridge.  209 Kepa Road / Mission Bay / Auckland.

New World Greenmeadows.  9 Gloucester Street / Greenmeadows / Napier.

New World Havelock North.  Porter Drive / Havelock North.

New World Metro.  Mills Lane / Auckland CBD / Auckland.

New World Miramar.  48 Miramar Avenue / Miramar / Wellington.

New World Remuera. 10 Clonbern Road / Remuera / Auckland.

New World Stonefields.  100 Lunn Ave / Mt Wellington / Auckland.

Pak N Save Petone. 114-124 Jackson Street / Petone / Wellington.

Pak N Save Napier.  25 Munroe Street / Napier.

Pak n Save Manukau. 6 Cavendish Drive / Manukau / Auckland.

Pak n Save Gisborne. Childers Road / Gisborne.

St Heliers Wines & Spirits.  287c St Heliers Bay Road / Saint Heliers / Auckland.  Phone +64 9 550 6923

Super Liquor Johnsonville.  139 Johnsonville Road / Johnsonville / Wellington. superliquor.co.nz

Super Liquor New Market.  17 Crowhurst Street / New Market / Auckland.  superliquor.co.nz

Super Liquor Papakura.  25a Elliot Street / Papakura.  superliquor.co.nz

Super Liquor Waimauku.  Shop A3 / 5 Factory Road / Waimauku.  superliquor.co.nz

Thirsty Liquor Waiuku.  19 Kitchener Road / Waiuku.  Phone +64 9 235 9705

Waiuku Green Bottle Liquor.  67/69 Queen Street / Waiuku / Auckland. Phone +64 9 235 9704

Wine Villa.  544 Te Atatu Road / Te Atatu Peninsula / Auckland. Phone +64 9 834 4992. winevilla.co.nz

Henry's Queenstown.  6-10 Shotover Street / Queenstown.  Phone +64 3 442 8750.  henrys.co.nz

Caros.  114 St Georges Bay Road / Parnell / Auckland.  Phone +64 9 377 9974.  caros.co.nz

 

WHERE TO DRINK IN NZ.

The Sugar Club.  Level 53 / Sky Tower / Auckand.  Phone +64 9 363 6365. skycityauckland.co.nz

The Northern Club.  19 Princes Street / Auckland. Phone +64 9 379 4755.  thenorthernclub.co.nz

The Esplanade Hotel.  1 Victoria Road / Devonport.  Phone + 64 9 445 1291.  esplanadehotel.co.nz

Milk and Honey.  Hardinge Road / Ahuriri / Napier / Hawke's Bay.  Phone +64 6 833 6099.  themilkandhoney.co.nz

Baduzzi.  Cnr Jellicoe Street & Fishlane / Wynyard Quarter / Auckland.  Phone +64 9 309 9339  baduzzi.co.nz

Golding's Free Dive. 14 Leeds Street / Wellington. goldingsfreedive.co.nz

Jack's Point Clubhouse. McAdam Drive / Jack's Point / Queenstown. Phone +64 3 450 2050 jackspoint.com

Princess Gate Hotel.  1057 Arawa St / Rotorua.  Phone +64 7 348 1179  princesgate.co.nz

One Tree Grill.   9-11 Pah Road / Epsom / Auckland.  Phone +64 9 8877318  onetreegrill.co.nz

Duke Carvell's Swan Lane Emporium. No.6 Swan Lane / Wellington. Ph +64 4385 2240  dukecarvell.co.nz

Ten Twenty Four.  1024 Pakowhai Road / Hastings.  Phone +64 6 870 6440.  tentwentyfour.org

Capitol.  10 Kent Terrace / Wellington.  Phone +64 4 384 2855  capitolrestaurant.co.nz

Hammerheads.  19 Tamaki Drive / Orakei / Auckland.  Phone + 64 9 521 4400. hammerheads.co.nz

Cafe Hanoi.  Britomart / Auckland.  Phone +64 9 302 3478.  cafehanoi.co.nz

The Bresolin.  278 Willis Street / Wellington.  

Tanto Japanese Dining.  250 Manukau Road / Epsom / Auckland.  Phone +64 9 5222 300 tanto.co.nz

Pomeroy's. 292 Kilmore Street / Christchurch.  Phone +64 3 365 1523 pomeroysonkilmore.co.nz

Prego Restaurant.  226 Ponsonby Road / Ponsonby / Auckaland.  Phone +64 9 376 3095. prego.co.nz

16 Tun.  Jellicoe Street / Auckland.  6tun.co.nz

Braided Rivers. Crn Burnett & Cass Street / Ashburton.  braidedrivers.co.nz

Green Dolphin.  12 Avoca Street / Kaikoura.  greendolphinkaikoura.com

Queenies. Cnr Cascade & Middle Streets / Freemans Bay / Auckland.  Phone 64+ 9 378 8977 queenies.co.nz

Ponsonby Road Bistro. 165 Ponsonby Road / Ponsonby / Auckland.  Phone +64 9 360 1611. ponsonbyroadbistro.co.nz

Waterside Restaurant & Bar.  3 Tongariro Street / Taupo.  Phone +64 7 378 6894  waterside.co.nz

Public Kitchen & Bar.  Steamer Wharf / Beach Street / Queenstown.  Phone +64 3 442 5969 publickitchen.co.nz

Tham Nak Thai Restaurant.  7 Beach Street / Queenstown.  Phone +64 3 441 3585

Sila Restaurant.  17 Saint Andrew Street / Dunedin. silarestaurant.co.nz

Mojo Coffee.  329 Princess Street / Dunedin.  mojocoffee.co.nz

Bella Kai.  808 North Road / Lorneville / Invercargill.  bellakai.co.nz

The Foodstore.  Market Square / Viaduct Harbour / Auckland.  Phone +64 9 377 0125 thefoodstore.tv

Wholesale Boot Company. 1st Floor / 104 Victoria Street / Wellington. Ph +64 4 99 9379 wbcrestaurant.co.nz

Mollies Restaurant. 6 Tweed Street / St Mary's Bay /Auckland.  Phone +64 9 376 3489.  mollies.co.nz

Hilton Queenstown Hotel. Kawarau Village / Peninsula Road / Queenstown.  Phone +64 3 450 9400.

Deliciosa Tapas & Wine. 21 Napier Road / Havelock North.  Phone +64 6 877 6031. deliciosa.co.nz

Pacifica Restaurant.   Marine Parade / Napier.  Phone +64 6 833 6335.  pacificarestaurant.co.nz

Pipi.  16 Joll Road / Havelock North.  Phone +64 6 877 8993.  pipicafe.co.nz

Mister D.  47 Tennyson Street / Napier.  Phone +64 6 835 5022. misterd.co.nz

Harry's Bar.  296 Trafalgar Street / Nelson. harrysnelson.nz

Te Waonui Forrest Retreat.  Phone +64 3 357 1919. tewaonui.co.nz

Fenice Restaurant.  Waiheke Island.  Phone +64 9 372 871. fenice.co.nz

Workmans Cafe.  Matamata.  Phone +64 7 888 5498.

Industry Zen.  104 Custom Street West / Viaduct / Auckland.  Phone +64 9 307 0936.

Cafe Midnight Express.  59 Victoria Street West / Auckland CBD.  Phone +64 9 303 0312.  cafemidnightexpress.co.nz

Delicious Cafe and Wine Bar.  Wanganui.  Phone +64 6 3472615.  deliciouscafe.co.nz

Mondail Bar.  Grey Lynn.  Phone +64 9 376 6682.  mondialbar.co.nz

Xuxu.  Britomart / Auckland.  Phone +64 9 309 5529.

Pinot Plus.  Takapuna / North Shore.  Phone +64 9 489 9510.  pinotplus.co.nz

Parade Cafe at The Tug Boat.  Freyberg Lagoon / Lyall Bay / Wellington.  paradecafe.co.nz

The Old Church. 199 Meeanee Road / Napier.  Phone + 64 6 844 8866.  theoldchurch.co.nz

Delmonicos.  Corner of Tennyson & 2 Clive Sqaare / Napier.   +64 6 835 3374.  viceroyhotel.co.nz

Globe Theatre. 15 Hardinge Road / Ahuriri / Napier. +64 6 833 6011.  globenapier.co.nz

Mint Restaurant.  189 Marine Parade / Napier.  mintrestaurant.tripod.com

FG Smiths.  9a Ossian Street / Ahuriri / Napier. +64 6 834 0404  fgsmitheatery.co.nz

Le Cafe. 12 - 14 London Quay / Picton.  lecafepicton.co.nz

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Rod McDonald Wines

Cellar Door 

376 Parkhill Rd, Te Awanga, 
Hawke’s Bay 4172  Ph +64 6 875 0553

Closed from May-October 

Winery

91 Thames Street, Pandora, Napier

Hawke’s Bay 4110  Ph +64 6 833 7722

 

Postal Address

PO Box 8240, Havelock North, Hawke’s Bay 4157

Winemaking: Rod McDonald
rod@rmwines.co.nz  +64 21 226 2942

Commercial Enquiries: Tania Fulcher
Phone +64 21 183 9894

 

 

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