In 2016 we commemorated 20 years of Marlborough's Huia Vineyards by working with celebrated New Zealand photographer Dr Fiona Pardington (Ngāi Tahu, Kāti Mamoe and Ngāti Kahungunu), Chevalier de l'Ordre Française des Arts et des Lettres, as she created an original work of a pair of Huia, an extinct native bird of Aotearoa New Zealand, to be used on limited edition magnums of Huia Millennial Brut 2000.

Mollie Katzen wanted to be an artist. Maybe a writer. Or was it a musician? Perhaps it was all of the above. What incidentally occurred on her journey to become the next Joan Baez was she earned herself the title one of the most revered and quiet revolutionists of modern-day cuisine — vegetarian cooking.

The Huia was a legendary bird native to New Zealand. The Huia had exceptional dimorphism where there was an extreme difference in the shape of the bill between the gender of the bird.

At Huia Vineyards we use no pesticides, insecticides or herbicides in our vineyards. Within the wine making process we eliminate the use of artificial additives. This leaves the wine full of natural texture.

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. MANA Winegrowers is a collective of Marlborough organic winemakers determined to go far together.

To celebrate the long-time partnership of Huia Vineyards and New Zealand fashion designer Kate Sylvester, we popped our first ever sparkling Rosé, the 2016 Limited Edition Estate Grown Sparkling Rosé Brut into a delicate modernist rose print from designer Kate Sylvester’s collection “Frances”.

It was seven years ago that iconic New Zealand fashion house Kate Sylvester started pouring our organic wines crafted by Huia for their guests. Designer Kate sat down with Winemaker Claire over a glass or two at Seabreeze Café, Kate’s local, to talk about why their brands are working together and how this relationship came about.