Kinross

Introducing Kinross Adventure Wine Take your favourite Pinot, to your favourite places! In line with our commitment to sustainability, we’re excited to join the global wave of premium cask wine. Our Adventure Wine reduces carbon emissions by approximately 30% compared to glass bottles, is fully compostable, and stays fresh for up to four weeks after opening. Light, portable, and durable, it’s the ideal companion for any adventure! For our debut release, we’ve selected a beautiful Bannockburn Single Vineyard Pinot Noir. Handpicked and aged 11 months in French Oak, this wine features vibrant notes of violet, cherry, and blackberry, with a dark cherry palate and smooth, velvety tannins. Perfumed. Vibrant. Vital. Perfect for Hikers, Boaters, Helicopter riders and more. Please reach out with any trade enquiries. Thank you Sophie Piearcey for the stunning images.

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Kinross is delighted to announce the expansion of our Sales Team, with the incredible Ning Cui joining our team as our Business Development Manager – Asia. Tracy has made her mark on many iconic organisations such as Ngai Tahu Tourism, Skyline Enterprises and Destination Queenstown, so we feel very lucky now to have her to help grow our Eastern market business. Tracy is a big fan of Gibbston and understands our focus on world-class guest experience. We look forward to working with her to share our Central Otago wine story with the world! #Centralotagowine #nzwine #nzwineexperiences #sales #kinross

The team at Kinross are delighted to announce that we have won the Qualmark New Zealand Wine Tourism Award for 2024!! This national Tourism Award has been launched in partnership with New Zealand Winegrowers, recognising the very best wine tourism cellar door experience in the country. This win is a team win, and we have a big team! Not only our staff, but our wine partners, wine tour partners, wider travel groups and more have all helped us on this journey. Thank you too, to our fantastic locals and Central Otago wine community. If you haven't visited us, please consider this your invitation to come swirl some wine and hear the stories of our slice of paradise🍷 ❤️

Kinross is beyond proud to be one of three finalists for the Qualmark New Zealand Wine Tourism Award. The award spotlights New Zealand's finest wine experiences, celebrating people and place. This is a significant national recognition, especially considering the 30 businesses across New Zealand applied for it. We want to thank our incredible staff, wine partners and guests who have supported Kinross over the years. You've all contributed to our success as a finalist. The winner will be announced on August 29th at the Altogether Unique 2024 Industry Celebration dinner in Wellington.

Kinross is so excited to be among @tripadvisor small & boutique accommodation - New Zealand, best of the best. Out of 8 million listings, fewer than 1% achieve this milestone each year. Kinross cottage accommodation is something a little different. Only 25 minutes from the centre of Queenstown, it is completely surrounded by nature, greenery, and the magical world of wine! The team at Kinross would love to thank everyone who took the time to write a review on @tripadvisor. Support like this means so much to us! If you would like to experience a vineyard getaway for yourself, our Staycation deal is available until the end of August. For just $295 per night you can relax in the outdoor hot tub under the night sky, sample the local wines in a hosted wine-tasting session, receive a complimentary bottle of bubbles or Pinot Noir upon arrival, and indulge in your delicious in-room breakfast hamper. View here: https://lnkd.in/g9RCb55J

It's that special time of year again... our annual Kinross Harvest Celebration. This is when we down tools for a moment and celebrate the end of another growing season. It's now that our viticulturists pass the baton to our winemakers (and take a long nap), knowing they have done their to best to navigate the challenges Mother Nature has thrown at them over the year and place their trusts in the team to guide the fruit to its purist liquid state, reflective of the season. We asked Gary Crabbe, vineyard manager at Kinross, what stood out about this year... "2024, in some respects, was an extremely challenging vintage due to the most severe drought in the past 30 years. For the first time in ages, the vines needed continuous watering and attention to avoid becoming stressed. Fortunately, we had the best flowering I can remember (only five days as opposed to the standard two weeks), resulting in large bunches and crops. Careful attention to crop loads was required to assist with ripening, especially given the dry conditions. For Gibbston and Kinross, it was a bumper year with lovely, clean bunches. We picked the Pinot Noir earlier than ever before and could hang the balance of the fruit for an extended period to concentrate on flavours." Kinross is so thankful for Gary and our wider team for their thoughtful, sustainable care. Their efforts, and those of the whole Central Otago wine community, deserves to be celebrated, with wine, food and good company! So, please come join us for some of these fantastic events, we've had two sellout events so far, and there is lots of fun left to go!   If you're into Central Otago Pinot, you're in the right place. Click here for more info and tickets: https://bit.ly/4ckbmYn

A big week in Wellington for our CEO Nicky Sygrove and Sales & Events Manager Nicole Simister as they represented Kinross at #TRENZ24 It was a pleasure to reconnect with key trade partners and chat to some new friends as we continue to showcase our beautiful region. Our thanks to Tourism Industry Aotearoa Tourism New Zealand Destination Queenstown Inc for your ongoing support and inspiration!

A HUGE milestone for Gibbston today, as our small sub region has been granted International Dark Sky Park Status. This is granted by the International Dark Sky Places Program which recognises and protects areas around the world to preserve and protect the nighttime environment and heritage of our dark skies. Well done to the Gibbston Community Association for your hard work on achieving this! We knew our skies were special and it seems the world agrees ✨✨✨ #darkskypark #internationaldarkskypark #gibbstondarkskypark

Our team enjoyed a fantastic day out on Monday afternoon for the annual Vinpro Christmas Golf Tournament at Cromwell Golf Course. Our team of Thomas Moschetta, Conor O’Boyle, Caera Morton and Wild Irishman’s Brian Shaw were thrilled to take out first place! It was a great chance to catch up with some locals and thank Jody and his team at Vinpro for all their help this year. #golf #kinross #vinpro #centralotago #wildirishmanwines #pinotnoirnz