Tiki tour: Waipara vineyard establishes itself on the wine map

A Waipara vineyard planted in 2005 has quickly established itself on the wine map.

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5th May, 2012

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Our family has been living and farming in New Zealand for over 800 years,” says Royce McKean, co-founder of Tiki Wines. Launched from the 2009 vintage, Tiki has grown like Topsy, from 750 cases to 55,000 cases in 2011, ranking it among this country’s medium-size wine producers. All Tiki labels from the 2012 vintage will feature an “under conversion to Bio-Gro” logo, establishing the company as New Zealand’s largest producer of organically certified wine. The brand pays homage to Royce’s great-great-grandfather, Tikitere Mihi (1870 1947), a Ngati Uenuku chief, described by historian ...

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