Hi, I’m John and I am the vintner here at Ake Ake Vineyard..I tend the grapes, make the wine, and if you come for a wine tasting or tour I am the bald big eared chap who will have the pleasure of tasting my wines with you. 

I am a self taught wine maker and have now completed seven vintages, so far so good. As our production is small I can be very hands on and crush every grape, top up, lees stir, and clean every barrel and taste every barrel or tank each month. I also put the cork in every bottle!!.

Being small enables us to play around a little and do small runs such as our 2010 Chardonnay/Pinot Gris blend of which there are only 640 bottles.

I don’t usually fine our wines, none since the 2008 vintage, and I don’t mess around with them. If I get it right in the vineyard them the grapes should be good enough that I can just guide the wine through to bottling.

 I make about five or six differant wines a year, they are ready for drinking on release but wines such as our Reserve Chardonnay and Chambourcin, will I think, age very well

To order our wines just email john@akeakevineyard.co.nz or call me on 09 401 7137 Prices are per bottle and include GST

• A discount of 5% applies to purchases of 6 + bottles
• and 10% discount for purchases of 12 + bottles
• Freight charges vary due to weight and delivery address. Therefore freight will be advised by email once we have received your order.Freight charges guideline:
  • $ 8.00 North Island
  • $ 15.00 South Island
  • Rural Delivery additional $5.00

Ake Ake Vineyard Wines  for 2011

Chardonnay 2007                                $20                              Like a good Chablis, aging nicely, flinty and smoky, with lychees, peaches, lime and a little yeastiness from the lees stirring.

Chardonnay 2009                                $20                  Mouth filling creamy wine with citrus, lime and vanilla flavours, a littlepeach and a touch of tasty oak.

 Chardonnay Reserve 2010                      $29                            Soft elegant Chardonnay with flavours of stone fruit, brioche,and vanillary American oak. Aged 6 months in 100% new oak barrels and 12 months on the lees with weekly lees stirring.

 Pinot Gris / Chardonnay 2011            $20                                 A soft, easy drinking, slightly sweet wine with light pear and honey flavours. Only 11% alc.

 Sauvignon Blanc  2011                              $22               Dry and crisp, very refreshing and bursting with pure gooseberry and lime flavours

 Vin Du Soleil  2011                               $18                         As a little experiment we picked our red grapes early and pressed them straight away to achieve a copper colored wine (French Loire Rose style), with a sliver of sweetness and spicy light red fruit flavours and hints of marmalade.

 The Wild Rose 2010                                         $20        A dry, full bodied Rose from a hot dry Far North summer. A great “food” Rose, will even match red meat.  Strawberry, blackcurrent and cherry spicy flavours.  

 Chambourcin 2010                                         $25                  The perfect Northland grape. Rich and full bodied with wonderful Toasty oak, mocha, raspberry, dark berry fruits and some gamey flavours.  A great wine with all meats.

Cabernet Franc 2009                   $20                Our 2009 is very much in the Loire style, savory, earthy, with red fruit and spice flavors with some lovely French oak in the back ground.

 Merlot 2009                                                 $20             Our 2009 Merlot spent 6 months resting leisurely in seasoned American oak barrels. Wonderful smooth vanilla charecters, medium bodied with cherry and black fruit flavours.

 Port                                                  $25                A Rich Ruby style Port made from Chambourcin, Syrah, Merlot and Cab Franc grapes. Sweet smooth and fruity. Aged in oak.