TW Wines
The vineyards of TW are located on Gisborne's Golden Slope -- a narrow 20 kilometre strip of land, stretching from Ormond through Waihirere to Hexton just north-west of Gisborne. This stretch is steep at its top and gently sloped at it foot. The wines grown here have a unique character with forward fruit flavours, arising from the terrior -- the medium to heavy clay base material overlaid with 20-30cm of light black soil. The slight elevation and slope creates a microclimate advantage. This is Gisborne's very own Cote D'Or, parallelling France's great wine region of Burgundy and herin lies some of the answer.
Tietjen Vineyard
Paul and Jenny Tietjens' vineyard is nestled against the Hexton Hills on the north-western outskirts of Gisborne. The 24 hectare vineyard, progressively planted since 1983, has produced top quality wines for half a dozen wine companies. Since the 1989 vintage, it has won 39 national and international medals, including nine golds, plus two trophies -- 1997 National Wine Show of Australia and the 1998 Air New Zealand Wine Awards. Planted mainly in Chardonnay, the vineyard also has semillon, merlot, malbec and a small amount of Viogner.
Witters Vineyard
Geordie and Caroline Witters' Woodlands vineyard lies among the foothills of the Golden Slope near Waihirere, where Gisborne first made its mark in the viticulture industry. With the aim of growing quality vines for quality wines, they phased out the original plantings, established in the mid-70s, in favour of 15 hectares of chardonnay clones. The Woodlands Chardonnay made from these grapes has received numerous accolades including gold medals at the 1989 and 1996 Air New Zealand Wine Awareds. Wines made by Montana, Sacred Hill, Te Kairanga Wines, Lintz Estate and Amor Bendall from their Mendoza and Clone 15 grapes have also received good recognition.
Contact
Phone: +64 21 2220 135
Fax: +64 6 8679102
Other: 021864818 or 02
Postal
Address: 		Back Ormond Road, RD 1
Delivery
Address: 		Back Ormond Road
Staff
Owner: Geordie Witters and Paul Tietjen
Manager: Paul Tietjen and Geordie Witters
Sales: Lace Fine Wine Merchants
Producer Details
Opening Hours: By appointment only
Vineyards: 42
Production: 500
Winery Tours: No
Newsletter: No
Wineclub: No
Sales
Cellar Door: Yes
Internet: Yes
Direct Mail: Yes
Via Retailers: Yes
Wines from this Producer
TW Botrytis Chardonnay | 2003
TW Estate Chardonnay | 2003
TW Gisborne Chardonnay | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999
TW Gisborne Chardonnay (Elle) | 1998
TW Gisborne Makauri | 2004
TW Gisborne Unoaked Chardonnay | 2002
TW Gisborne Viognier | 2002
TW Viogner | 2005