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The Human Influence: Visionaries across Industries

The Human Influence: Visionaries across Industries

The Power of Human Influence: How Much Does It Affect Your Wine Choice? 🌍✨ #WineDecisions #HumanInfluence #TasteMakers #wine #winelover #winemaker
Wine Talk - Hans New Releases

Wine Talk - Hans New Releases

Our winery buzzes with anticipation as we reveal Hans' latest masterpieces. Allow us to present the fresh vintage launch of these exquisite variet...
For the love of 'Mistral'

For the love of 'Mistral'

Hans and Therese’s love story began as a wet affair. Not because of wine but water. Therese was learning to navigate a windsurfing board and Hans ...
Wine Talk - Pinot Noir

Wine Talk - Pinot Noir

  We managed to pull Hans out of the vineyard to get his thoughts on one of the worlds most famous Pinot Noirs. Check out his interviews below: It...
Winery Talk - All geared up for Vintage 2023

Winery Talk - All geared up for Vintage 2023

  During vintage, it will be difficulty to bottle, label or dispatch any major orders as the winery will be full of open fermenters and space and ...
Vintage Update 2023 with Therese Herzog

Vintage Update 2023 with Therese Herzog

We caught up with Therese Herzog to get her outlook on Vintage 2023 so far as this has been a far from Marlborough style of season!  'The weather ...
James Suckling visiting Hans Herzog

James Suckling Reviews - 2022

We had the absolute pleasure of meeting James Suckling and showing him the behind the scenes of Hans wine world. We were blown away by his reviews ...
The Vigneron Experience

The Vigneron Experience

A personalised approach for visitors to our estate… Out with the Cellar Door concept, in with some wine experiences on a whole different level… Wh...
The Wines of the Franks...

The Wines of the Franks...

The wines of the Franks and the birth of Blaufränkisch in New Zealand. The release of Blaufränkisch completes the legendary Austrian family in ou...
Experimenting with new varieties...

Experimenting with new varieties...

Experimenting with new varieties comes at the cost of sacrificing existing ones. It’s that time again to prune the whole vineyard. All leaves have...
What are we bottling so far in 2022...

What are we bottling so far in 2022...

Hans has been busy bottling the many new releases, racking and topping up the barrels. Most of the young wines of our excellent vintage 2022 have ...
The Industry has spoken!

The Industry has spoken!

Photo courtesy of Cameron Douglas We officially launched our coveted Blaufränkisch this month. Having been New Zealand's first ever release of t...