St Pauli Vineyard
Moutere
Facts.
First Vintage: 2018
Scale: 5 Hectares
Range: Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris & Rosé
Cellar Door & Tasting Room: Yes
Restaurant/Food: local produce available through the cellar door
Did you know… Gareth and Robyn converted the old 1920’s built hop kiln into their cellar door.
About
Owners, Robyn and Gareth, discovered the vineyard in 2017 when searching for a new adventure and home. Completely new to viticulture, the couple took a giant leap of faith.
They renamed the vineyard in recognition of the region’s earliest German settlers who arrived on the St Pauli ship in 1843. St Pauli produces beautiful single vineyard wines from the fruit they grow and hand harvest. The land’s rich and loamy clay helps St Pauli sustainably produce their premium wine by enabling them to dry farm their mature vines. The vineyard is tended to by hand and their winemaking is simple and traditional. Each vintage is unique; a true expression of the season and a celebration of the Moutere Region.
Robyn and Gareth’s wine journey started when they met in Bournemouth, UK, six years ago. The couple decided to move back to Nelson where Robyn grew up so they could start a family. At this time the couple had ‘regular’ jobs in Nelson – Gareth as a roofer and Robyn as a midwife (which she still practices as). When searching for the perfect family home they realised that the Nelson market was out of their reach, so instead they decided to buy a home that came with a business. When Robyn found the St Pauli Vineyard with her mum, she made an offer before Gareth had even stepped onto the property. Gareth quit his job in Nelson and started his viticulture career pretty much straight away. Gareth is fantastic at maintaining the vineyard and has taken to it like a duck on water. Robyn deals with everything bar marketing and advertising, steading the ship!
St Pauli Vineyard is another fantastic example of the Kiwi dream, watch this space because this little boutique producer is going somewhere!
