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Vintage 2022 Perfecting the taste of a pure NZ summer

The vintage 2022 highlight was filmed over a period of 12 months. From the moment the vines were pruned in July 2021, to when the wine was made in June 2022. We had our camera crew follow the team across all 12 months, day and night. The team at Allan Scott Wines would like to […]

The No.1 Best Wine Value of 2021

Great wine doesn’t have to be expensive. In celebration of those wines that overdeliver on quality for the price, Wine Spectator selected the Top 10 Wine Values of 2021, with Allan Scott Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough 2021 taking first place on the list! The No.1 Best Wine Value / 93 Point bottle of Allan Scott Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc […]

NZ Sauvignon Blanc at its finest

Wine scores and reviews are important to us as they provide a clear indication of whether we are on the right track, and there is also the added benefit of letting you make the best choice possible by having an independent expert opinion. With every vintage we strive towards creating the purest, most memorable, and […]

The Top 50 Gold medal-winning Merlot!

We are delighted to share that our delicious Allan Scott 2020 Hawkes Bay Merlot has won GOLD in the New World Wine Awards 2021 and made it to the Top 50 wines! The wines were judged using the same internationally recognised 100-point system used at other leading wine shows, which benchmarks entries against what a […]

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc of a new kind

Sauvignon Blanc has put New Zealand winemaking on the map, and we are proud of how far we have come in the last 50 years. Back then, planting wines in Marlborough was unheard of, and today we would like to carry the legacy and let you try Sauvignon Blanc from a very unique part of […]

Marlborough Apprentice 2021

We are very excited to have entered The Hits Marlborough Apprentice competition with NMIT.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ We’d love for you to come to join us at Moa Brewery this Friday at 3.30 pm to cheer on our apprentice Jono and have a glass with us.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Meet our Apprentice Jono Poswillo About the Apprentice Some say […]

What is Rosé Wine?

Following in the footsteps of our European counterparts, New Zealand has seen a resurgence in the popularity of the Rosé style of wine. Some would say it is due to the simplicity of the wine style, and the sense of fun associated. The majority of New Zealand’s Rosé is made from Pinot Noir, though a […]

Freshest Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc Vintage 2021

We would like to invite you to join the International Sauvignon Blanc Day celebration by raising a glass this weekend with the freshest drop! We are beyond excited to share Marlborough 2021 Sauvignon Blanc straight off the bottling line.  Winemakers have done a fantastic job over the last couple of months, working day & night. The wine […]

Allan Scott wrapped-up Vintage 2021

With the 2021 harvest completed and grapes safely tucked away in tanks, we let our winemakers do their thing and treat us with new vintage wine in a couple of months time 🥂 Vintage 2021 was a normal growing season compared to last year’s uncertainty, except for harvest commencing early and finishing right before the […]

Sauvignon Blanc in the global TOP 100 wines

Allan Scott Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough 2020 Named in Wine Spectator’s Top 100 Wines of 2020 —Top 100 Wines Revealed at WineSpectator.com— Wine Spectator, the world’s leading authority on wine, has announced Allan Scott Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough 2020 has been named the #23 wine in this year’s list of the Top 100 Wines. The full list […]