Te Whare Ra Rose

Te Whare Ra (also known as TWR) are not only one of Marlborough’s classiest producers of the aromatic styles but they’re one of the most down to earth, loveable Kiwi winemaking families you’ll ever come across.

Established in 1979 it makes them one of the oldest wine producers in the Marlborough area. Owned since 2003 by Anna and Jason Flowerday (Jason’s a Marlborough boy, Anna is from South Australia’s McLaren Vale) the team has now expanded to two sets of twin daughters (the all singing, all dancing quartet who occasionally jump on Pinot grapes at harvest time), a herd of Red Devon cows (vineyard mowers, manure spreaders and occasionally a nice slab of beef for the dinner table!) and several dogs (usually the first to greet visitors to the winery!).

So yep, life has kept them very busy – and with four young girls growing up leaving Jason a little concerned about going grey early!

This is the Te Whare Ra Rosé and when we say it’s one of the Rosés of the years we mean it – the 2023 took out The Real Review’s No.1 NZ Rosé, this 2024 was nominated as a finalist for the same award, has two 95/100 scores to its name, and has been the No.1 Marlborough in The Real Review for 2022, 2023 and 2024! Struth that’s good!

“We wanted to make a Rosé that reflected a classic, dry, savoury style and was based on Pinot Noir (with sneaky little x factor from some Syrah as well)…Our favourite Rosés are lighter in colour and deliciously dry with lifted florals and fresh fruit flavours coupled with savoury undertones and ripe acidity, so our aim was to replicate these qualities.”

Serve chilled and pair with “a summer picnic, barbecued anything or just a chilled glass with great conversation!”