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When winemaker Hamish Jardine’s great grandfather first acquired land at Bay View, as settlement of a debt, he was alarmed to find that his new acquisition was covered with tidal water, rushes and hundreds of crabs! The family jokingly called it “Crab Farm”.
However, the Hawke’s Bay earthquake of 1931, lifted the land at Crab Farm above sea level, creating the site of the present day vineyard and winery. In 1987 an implement shed was converted into a small vertical-timbered winery.
The vineyard adjoining the winery nestles on 12.5 hectares of free draining shingle and silt soils and benefits from cool sea breezes.
Featured wines in the New Zealand Wine Centre wine tasting adventure:
CRAB FARM – Sauvignon Blanc
This is a fine and rich tropical wine with a strong hint of pears on the nose. The palate is weighty, consisting of apples and passion fruit, with zesty lime. This wine is well suited to fresh crabs and crayfish.
Address
511 Main Road
Bay View
Phone
06 836 6678
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