2020 Te Whare Ra Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough

Our approach at Te Whare Ra is first and foremost to make great wines and to use a natural approach to the growing (and making) of those wines. We actually feel very comfortable that natural winegrowing is not strictly defined. It is more a way of doing things than a pure definition.We think it means different things to different people and can cover a wide range of practices and techniques.

We manage our vineyard here using a combination of organic and biodynamic practices. From our perspective the making of quality, naturally produced wines involves many occasions when intervention is required to varying degrees but for us its what we don’t use that makes the real difference. We’re proudly Certified Organic through Biogro New Zealand.

We are not taking an evangelical approach to growing our grapes and making our wines. It is not about using natural techniques by rote but all about using informed decisions and our experience to make the best and most expressive wines possible. The philosophy we share with other organic & biodynamic producers around the world and with the other members of MANA (see below), is that the use of artificial chemicals in the vineyard or winery is not natural.

Our approach is always to look for a natural or biological solution or control rather than relying on an artificial or synthetic one. We do believe in intervening in the process to ensure the quality of the end product, it is just about when and how much.

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