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Here is a short video introducing the cellar door at Kerr Farm Vineyard Click here to see the video > Read more

The chopper was out over the grapevines this morning. A big high over the North Island of New Zealand created the ideal conditions for a frost. It got pretty nippy and fortunately the frost was not to hard. Click on this link for a short vid Frost Check out how loud the birds are in the dawn... > Read more

Vineyard happenings at Kerr Farm Wine. September is when the new growing season starts again in the vineyard. All the winter pruning and the taking of cuttings should be finished. I was running a bit late this year so some of my later varieties did not get finished until the middle of the... > Read more

Today we had a quick, but surprise hail storm. It only lasted for about 30 seconds but was quite dramatic. This can be very hard on young vine buds, they can be bruised and sometimes broken of the main cane. Early varieties like chardonnay are very prone to this, lets hope not ours. Now the sun... > Read more

New Release Kerr Farm Pinotage 2008 P'08 is in stock at Wine Circle Huapai, ask Chris to tell you about it. Be some of the 1st to get this wine, free tasting at Kerr Farm Cellar door every weekend > Read more

Kerr Farm Pinotage P'08 at Pure Retaurant Herne Bay The New Release Kerr Farm Pinotage P'08 is on the wine list at Pure Restaurant at 186 Jervous Rd., Herne Bay, Auckland Central. This has worked out perfectly with the celebration of Swiss National day until 13th August 2011 at... > Read more

Kerr Farm Wine is pleased to announce that the Famous Kerr Farm Pinotage, the New P’08 vintage, is back on the wine list at Takahe Restaurant and Bar. Owners Cherie and Tate Smeele are pleased to have this wine, very popular with the locals of Titrangi, back on the Wine list.... > Read more

July Vineyard happenings at Kerr Farm Wine. Winter is the time for pruning grapevines. During winter the vines are dormant, they have lost all their leaves and the sap is retracting back into the trunk and roots. This stored energy is what the vine uses in early spring to push out the... > Read more

We have a few Magnums (1.5L)... for sale. Only a few of these are made each vintage and we release them when they have aged up a bit. They are...... 1999 Semillon, very rare from this vintage. I tried this wine a year ago and it was stunning. Semillon needs plenty of time. $147.00....... > Read more

Here is a product I have come across that I think you may find interesting and very useful It is called the ZipVac Vacuum Packing kit. Put your food into the bag, run your finger along the seam, open the vacuum seal and pump the air out of the bag, then lock the seal as shown in steps 1, 2,... > Read more

A few tips on how to make a grapevine cutting. Use this technique to take cuttings of your favorite grapevine and propagate more grapevine plants. > Read more

A few tips on how to prune your grape vines during their winter dormancy. Best months for New Zealand are June, July and August. > Read more

For those of you interested in Pinotage here is a link to the Pinotage Association of South Africa. =http://www.pinotage.co.za You can sign up for their E newsletter. Cheers Jaison > Read more

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We had some mates around the other night and Jaison cooked some of his favorite Pizza. As you can see somebody got their share. > Read more

The crowd enjoyed cool music from The Trevor Bell Trio and vocalist Marion Arts > Read more

The Pizza team worked very hard on the day to produce many woodfired Pizza that everybody loved. > Read more

It was a sunny spring day and a good crown showed up for our new release open day > Read more

The New Zealand Pukeko is a bit of a character > Read more

It was a very sunny day so I thought it would be nice to do the wine tasting for this group of 25 in the gardens, overlooking the Pinotage Vines. > Read more