Barbour Vineyarns

16/09/2026

If you love North Canterbury produce and wine…

Join Urban Revival for a special Wine Club evening celebrating the very best of local food and wine, featuring Fernbank Wines - one of our very own Made North Canterbury’s producers. 🍇

📅 Thursday 24 September
🕕 6:15pm
🍽️ 2 courses + wine
💰 $50 per person

It’s a chance to enjoy a great local meal, discover some brilliant North Canterbury wine and support the producers who make our region so special.

🎟️ Tickets are available now!
Book at Urban Revival Café or call 03 421 7787 to secure your spot.

Local produce. Local wine. A very good Thursday night. 🍷

16/09/2026

"Whether you're a wine enthusiast or simply looking for somewhere different to spend an afternoon, North Canterbury is a place where everyone is welcome. We hope people leave feeling like they've experienced something genuinely local," says Matt Barbour, Fernbank Wines, Chairman North Canterbury Wine Growers Inc.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/food-drink/361006091/wine-region-just-north-christchurch-still-feels-local-secret?fbclid=IwZnRzaAUWrQxwZG9mBWZkaWQWUOfbDLCXspL9xRJ4OO4ZJ5u5K6Q8_WV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR7DKaFMwhNSSbbRKpM5fCylMV7uIzS1nu1UaIk8NOXO2pRgehYz5OTxQXpdiA_aem_Xrkr9HXgoixs46uQieo83Q

North Canterbury doesn’t need to shout about how good it is. The wine says plenty.

24/07/2026

We had SUCH a great night at the North Canterbury Wine Collective- it really affirmed why we do what we do!

To everyone who came and met us, tasted our wines and encouraged us - thank you SO much. We genuinely LOVED meeting you.

03/07/2026

Chillin’ in Fiji…. 🏝️ 🥥 ☀️…. told you we were due another holiday! 🤭

27/05/2026

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Well, that’s how it feels for us – this is when we officially start our year.

Holiday and rest is done and now winter slows things down a notch. As the shorter daylight hours limit vineyard activity and progress, this year we’ll be donning a few more hats and meeting new people to showcase our wines – sales and marketing! Goodbye comfort zone and hello new growth. Always learning and we love it.

(📸 And yes this pic because it will ALWAYS trump a pic of our vineyard in winter REGARDLESS of how sunny we get them in North Canterbury!)

17/05/2026

Fernbank in the wild!!

We have looked forward to these moments for a VERY long time and did NOT disappoint.

We had the most memorable couple of days on safari and we LOVED spending it with friends and making new ones.

These memories will live a LONG time during pruning season!!!

12/05/2026

Time OUT!!.

We often get asked when do we stop- NOW!! For us it’s the best timing: the year is done, the mahi has paid off, nothing needs to happen in the vineyard (for once!) and we step away now to savour that good feeling.

When we come back pruning is the start of a new season and a new year and we do it all again… but for now we are catching up with dear friends, exploring Sri Lanka and RELAXING!!

Win. Win. Win

01/05/2026

Thrilled to pack our wines yesterday to head off to Japan shortly… it’s another milestone that we are hugely grateful for.

29/04/2026

Three Cheers for the Mums in our lives!!

Get your gifting sorted by choosing any three wines (that’s 27 combinations!) and we will sort the shipping. Use the code MOTHERSHIP at checkout. 😉

28/04/2026

Thanks to Claire Inkson for capturing our story during a crazy hectic week in our season. As our season / year draws to close it’s another chance to review and celebrate how far we have come in a year let alone FIVE! 🥂

Some dreams sit quietly in the background for years.Not because they are small, but because they require time, money, patience, and a certain amount of stubborn belief.For Matt and Helen Barbour, owning their own vineyard was one of those dreams.Matt has been in the wine industry most of his adult l...