About Us

Behind every great wine is a great wine company

Since the company was established in 2001, Waipara Hills has become one of the most awarded wine producers in New Zealand.

The Waipara Hills brand encompasses three ranges - ‘Soul of the South', ‘Southern Cross Selection’ and ‘Equinox’.

Our guiding philosophy is to always match each region’s geographical and climactic growing conditions to exactly the right grapes. And now that we have more than 440 hectares of vines in Central Otago, Waipara and Marlborough, we have the grape resources in place to ensure consistent production of exceptional wines.

Waipara Hills’ vineyards are all sustainability accredited, and recent biodiversity trials are allowing us to reduce or eliminate the use of insecticides. Our aim is to continually improve our viticultural skills – working with nature, rather than against it - because grape quality is the key to everything.