02/11/2026
Introducing Black Estate Winery.
“In 2023 we began leasing Skypunch, a hillside vineyard beside Home vineyard, owned by our friends Julianne Liebeck and Conor Paton.
Four vineyards now, each with its own history and character, all farmed organically and biodynamically and certified with BioGro and Demeter. We keep to making single expressions from each vineyard since we genuinely find them to be special sites with unique soils and vine age, and each very beautiful.
We consider it a real privilege to farm this land in Omihi, at the top of Waipara Valley and hope the leave it with more natural abundance than when we came here. Our aim is simple even if the work rarely is: encourage natural balance and life at each site, watch out for the weather, and let an honest expression of each place find its way into the glass.
To do this, we make the wines traditionally and with a lot of care – with no additions except for minimal sulphur at bottling (sometimes none) and ensuring the wines are not fined nor filtered.”
Come and taste their exceptional wines at Verde.
