Wines made with creative instinct
and minimal intervention

Hawke’s Bay / Te Matau a Māui
New Zealand / Aotearoa

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2024 Kenzie Mangatahi Gamay / Pinot noir

2025 Beautiful Strangers - Orange wine

2024 Little Dreamer - Sauvignon

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Winemaking - Minimal & Thoughtful

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Kenzie is named after our Great Grandmother Annabella Mackenzie.
A fiercely independent and strong Scottish woman who taught us that amazing things happen when you take risks. Born in 1900, she went through some things. 2 World Wars, a Great Depress

Beautiful day to be inside racking 2022 single vineyard Kenzie Chardonnay from Te Matau a Māui #kenziewine #hbwine #bottleprep

22-23 growing season is charging along. This period in the vineyard is always a bit tense as you cross fingers for a good flowering period. Bring on the sunshine #kenziewine #hbwine #rainbutnottoomuchrain

Reflecting on a big year for us. This is a massive shout out to all the friends and family who helped us over vintage and beyond. It was all hands on deck in 2022, especially when it came to picking. @eelfijn . Amy and Olly from @halcyon_wines were s

Last but not least for our Spring release. 2022 Duet is a play between light and shade. An organic blend of whole bunch Pinot noir (80%) from Mangatahi provides the beauty and elegance, while Syrah (20%) from Bridge Pā shows spice and depth. Blackber

2022 Tearz - White noir - Pinot / Chardonnay. A wholebunch pressed wine from the amazing, alluvial soils of the Mangatahi terraces. Organic fruit has produced cherry, berry and red apple skin flavours. Sitting at just 10.5% alc it’s a savoury,

2022 Beautiful Strangers - Pinot Gris / Gewurztraminer / Chardonnay. An aromatic Orange wine from Waiohinganga. Blending varieties is like blending primary colours. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Co-fermented with skins included, var

Our first 3 wines out of the 2022 vintage. Releasing officially on Thursday 1st Sept. Subscribe on our website for these and future releases. Showing trade in Ak next week. Welly and HB the week after! Exciting. Into the wild they go! #kenziewine #nz

Kenzie is Dave Mackintosh and family. After 15 years of making wines in the Yarra Valley under @arfion and @salo.wines Dave felt the emotional pull to return to Aotearoa and create unique and beautiful wines from Hawke’s Bay / Te Matau a Māui

We aim to create unique, modern and elegant wines. Crafting them instinctively with minimal intervention, embracing risk and letting the wine flow naturally to where it wants to go. #hbwine #kenziewine #nzwine

Hawke’s Bay / Te Matau a Māui. This is where we grew up. We’re happy to be back! We craft our wines from fruit grown in deep, alluvial soils, formed over centuries by the braided rivers that are born in the ranges that shelter the Hawke&r

Kenzie is about pushing the boundaries of style, while remaining authentic to where we come from. We aim to use our creative instinct without the fear of failure. #wevemadeit #kenziewine #hbwine #nzwine