In 1960, George Fistonich, the son of a Croatian immigrant, founded Villa Maria in Mangere, Auckland. Voted New Zealand's Winemaker of the Year in 1993, George is today the managing director of the Villa Maria Group, which also includes Vidal and Esk Valley Wineries, together forming the third largest wine company in New Zealand.
Winemaker Michelle Richardson has been with Villa Maria since 1992. She has travelled extensively throughout Europe and Australia and in 1991 assisted flying winemaker Hugh Ryman with the French vintage. In 1997, Michelle, like George Fistonich, was voted New Zealand's Winemaker of the Year. Her 1996 wines have taken Villa Maria to new peaks in quality. Michelle is a graduate of the highly regarded Roseworthy College in Australia. She heads the Villa Maria winemaking team.
This team of dedicated vintners has placed its emphasis on high quality and good value. Grapes are either estate-grown or carefully sourced, and the winery was the first in New Zealand to initiate payment for grapes by quality.
Villa Maria has won awards for its wines in competitions across New Zealand and Australia and has been honored for its high standards of customer service and environmental responsibility.
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This powerful Sauvignon Blanc is vibrant, with a wide variety of flavors highlighted by gooseberry, fresh citrus, melon and nettle influenced herbaceous aromas. The wine has an alluring palate with a juicy, concentrated flavoor profile, finishing crisp and clean with a fine bead of acidity.
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This wine is a true expression of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc,
overflowing with aromas of passionfruit, lime and gooseberry. The wine is concentrated and juicy displaying vibrant grapefruit and nettle notes with fantastic mid-palate weight, finishing with a crisp line of acidity.
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This intense Sauvignon Blanc is alive with a myriad of flavors dominated by gooseberry, passionfruit, fresh citrus, melon and nettle-influenced herbaceous aromas. The wine has an enticing palate with a juicy flavor profile, purity and concentration, finishing crisp and clean with an interwoven...
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A beautifully pure and lively wine overflowing with aromas of ripe gooseberry
and passionfruit with hints of grapefruit, lime and nettle. The wine is
concentrated and juicy with vibrant fruit and fantastic mid-palate weight,
finishing with crisp acidity. Enjoy now and until 2013.
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A perfumed bouquet of ripe red cherries and berry fruits - hallmarks of Marlborough Pinot Noir. On the palate the wine displays ripe fruit with complex savoury, subtle herb and spice elements. Soft, silky supple tannins provide structure and definition, yet also allow for the wine to show Pinot...
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This powerful Sauvignon Blanc is bursting with a myriad of flavours including
gooseberry, passionfruit, fresh citrus, melon and nettle - dominant herbaceous
aromas. The wine has an enticing palate with layers of juicy flavors, intensity
and concentration, finishing with a refreshing crisp, clean...
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A beautifully intense and lively wine, overflowing with aromas of ripe
gooseberry, melon and passionfruit with hints of grapefruit, lime and nettles. The
wine is mouth-filling and juicy with vibrant fruit and fantastic mid palate richness
and weight, finishing rich and racy with excellent length...
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This vibrant Sauvignon Blanc is bursting with a fruit-salad-bowl of flavors including ripe gooseberry, passionfruit, fresh citrus lime and exotic
herbaceous aromas. The wine has an exciting palate with layers of juicy flavors, intensity and fullness, finishing with a refreshing crisp, clean and...
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An intriguing, refined and complex Chardonnay displaying stylish finesse. It is elegant,
with aromas of subtle citrus, predominantly lemon, and complex smoky notes
intermingling on the nose. The palate displays layers of citrus and subtle integrated
oak enhancing the tight structural finish.
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Bursting aromas of ripe passion fruit, fresh citrus lime and an exotic herbaceous complexity. A juicy mid-palate with fullness and length,
finishing with a refreshing crisp acidity.
Enjoy chilled with fresh seafood, shellfish, salads and vegetable dishes or simply on its own.
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A perfumed bouquet of ripe cherries and raspberry fruits, hallmarks of Marlborough Pinot Noir. On the palate the wine displays ripe fruit with complex savoury and spice elements. Soft, silky, fine-grained tannins provide structure and definition, yet also allow immediate consumption.
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