Started in 1969, Laithwaite's Wine is still owned and run by Tony and Barbara Laithwaite and their family.
We take around 40,000 wines each year to find just 800 that are good enough for our customers and are suitable for every occasion from everyday wines for dinner to celebration sparkling.
Trip to Wairau River Nice trip to the Wairau River cellar. They are only round the corner from Forrest Wines and supply Laithwaite’s with a couple of major brands. There’s a proper story to tell here, but even when that’s […]
Screwcaps and ageing As it traditional around the world, once harvest is underway and crazy hours of 24/7 or similar are underway, a cellar tends to put on the food. Here at Forrest Wines, there’s always a hearty breakfast for […]
De-snotting and Auntsfield visit I’m now the chief desnotter at Forrest … and yes, unfortunately it goes with a predictable name … well, you can guess. At least I know the name can only last another week, so that’s fine. […]
The 2015 vintage – what they say, well, John Forrest in particular! We’d already heard as early as Christmas, back in the UK, that New Zealand was having an unusually dry, hot summer. In Marlborough there had been no rain […]
The 2015 Grape Ride … A Forrest Wines speciality The Forrest Grape Ride is an annual event, now in its 12th year and sponsored from the get-go by Forrest Wines. It starts and finishes from the estate … even during […]
The Forrest Team for the 2015 Vintage The Team: What has struck me most about the Forrest vintage winery team is the big smile stuck on everyone’s face. As John F said himself “They must love working for me!” I […]
A new vintage hand at Forrest … Perhaps the post title is a bit of an overstatement – a part vintage hand/part observer, when it all gets far too complicated, at Forrest Wines! Writers from anywhere aren’t famous for […]
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