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15C Williamson Avenue Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand, 1021
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770 ftWilliamson Avenue
0.2 miRichmond Road
0.2 miFitzroy Street
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Specialties
Foxes Island produces premium, single vineyard wines with a dedicated focus to Pinot Noir & Chardonnay.
Daily wine tasting and retail sales are available at the City Cellar Door /Tasting Room in Ponsonby-Grey Lynn, Auckland New Zealand.
Please enquire for private events for up to 20 people.
History
Established in 1992.
John Belsham learned to make wine as a student living in the Medoc region of Bordeaux. Returning to New Zealand, Belsham was a winemaker for Nobilo, Matua Valley, Hunters Wines and founded Rapaura Vintners; the first contract winemaking facility in NZ.
Belsham founded Foxes Island Wines in 1992 to craft premium, single vineyard wines. Today the wines are produced from the Estate in the Awatere Valley, Marlborough, New Zealand. The Estate is a series of seven plateaus carved from the glacier period 40,000 years ago and is primarily planted to Pinot Noir.
The first wine produced was Chardonnay, followed in 1993 by Pinot Noir. A dry-styled Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc are also produced.
An Icon series was introduced with great applaud in 2013 with the release of La Lapine 2010, a white wine. Le Renard, an icon Pinot Noir will be released in 2014.
The vineyard and winery are certified as a NZ sustainable producer. The Chardonnay is grown organically.
Meet the Business Owner
John Belsham B.
Business Owner
A winemaker, businessman, consultant and wine critic, John Belsham has over 35 years of wine industry experience that has shaped and guided some of the most successful wine companies today. Belsham learned to make wine in Bordeaux, France. He is fluent in French.
In 1992 he formed Foxes Island to produce premium, single vineyard wines, with a focus on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay; wines that have garnered international acclaim.
Belsham consults internationally and has held a number of board positions & advisory roles. He is the Wine Panel Chair for Australasia’s leading food & wine magazine, Cuisine Magazine and has been a Wine Consultant to Air New Zealand since July 2000.
