Wanaka’s Rippon Vineyard

Wanaka’s Rippon Vineyard is producing pinot noirs fit for a king.

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23rd July, 2011

It’s a cliché to describe a winemaker as the “prince of pinot noir” (or a “king of cabernet”), but Nick Mills, of Rippon Vineyard at Wanaka, is certainly producing regal reds. His latest releases rank among this country’s most absorbing pinot noirs. If medals were handed out for the beauty of New Zealand winery settings, a gold would surely go to Rippon. Nestled hard up against the Southern Alps, on the shores of Lake Wanaka, this glorious site has graced the covers of many wine books, magazines and calendars. Rolfe Mills – a grandson of Sir Percy Sargood, who once ...

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