Soon after announcing Shapeshifter playing at their scenic venue on the 28th December, Sacred Hill are thrilled to announce the second of their summer concerts! Summer in New Zealand means time to fire up the barbie, slip into your jandals and celebrate the year that’s been, and the year to come. It’s also that...
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Hawke’s Bay seemed winterless this year –almost! The beautiful autumn of colour resolved into the most benign winter that I can remember. But then Mother Nature’s fickle temperament revealed itself again, and we had one of the most spectacular storms seen in a decade. The Napier-Taupo Road was closed with record depths of snow, the...
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SHAPESHIFTER LIVE SUMMER TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT Sacred Hill are delighted to announce that Shapeshifter are set to take new album Stars on the road this summer, announcing a series of outdoor concerts throughout the country this December - one of them being at Sacred Hill! Playing Petone Beach, Napier and Riwaka, Shapeshifter will send you into the...
Read MoreThe summer has gone and autumn has enveloped Hawke's Bay in a cloak of colour. Our Chardonnay barrels are simmering down as the final stages of ferment tick through, and the transformation of juice to young wine is near complete, The second and far more laid back malo-lactic ferment is beginning, softening and...
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Like most wineries around New Zealand, the turning colour of the leaves in the vineyard as autumn sets in marks the end of harvest, and the team can all let out a collective sigh. But at Sacred Hill this is a time we cherish most. With the chaos of harvest behind us, we can...
Read MoreIt’s somehow appropriate that the first wine released from Sacred Hill’s landmark 30th vintage is its 2015 Orange Label Chardonnay, given that the company has made its name as a specialist Chardonnay producer. The wine is one of six different Hawke’s Bay Chardonnays Sacred Hill produces - including three premium Special Selection Chardonnay Collection...
Read MoreSacred Hill Brokenstone 2013 has taken out a trophy in the Six Nations Wine Challenge this week, hot on the heels of a Regional Trophy win for its Marlborough Pinot Noir 2014 at the recent Decanter Asia awards. The trophy for Best Non Bordeaux Red at the Six Nations Wine Challenge was presented in...
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