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Stonecroft Wines Boutique winery with a small cellar door in the Gimblett Gravels Wine Growing District® Hawkes Bay,

Stonecroft is a family owned winery in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. It was one of the first wineries to be established in the Gimblett Gravels Wine Growing District®. At Stonecroft, we continue to make a small quantity of wine, using traditional methods. Stonecroft is well known for its Syrah, Zinfandel, Gewürztraminer and Chardonnay wines. We also make a Hawke's Bay style Sauvignon Blanc and a Merlot/ Cabernet Sauvignon blend. Both the winery and original vineyards are fully certified organic through AsureQuality and have IFOAM accreditation.

14/09/2026

Our 2025 Gewürztraminer was Cameron Douglas’ Wine of the Week on Newstalk ZB recently.

Cameron joined Jack Tame on Saturday to talk about the wine, describing it as “delicious, fresh, subtle and elegant”, with pear, apple, quince and white apricot, a touch of spice and a satin texture.

It’s an essentially dry style and, as Cameron explains, particularly versatile with food - from salmon and creamy soups through to pizza, fried chicken, fish and chips, and hard cheeses.

He also had plenty of good things to say about the 2025 Hawke’s Bay vintage, calling it “one to remember”.

Have a listen to the conversation - and perhaps put a bottle of the 2025 Gewürztraminer on your list to try next.

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02/09/2026

Stonecroft’s story began with a vision, a patch of stony land in the Gimblett Gravels, and a lot of hard work.

More than 40 years later, that story continues.

In the final episode of Stonecroft Stories, Dr Alan Limmer reflects on Stonecroft’s journey and what it means to see the label and the brand carried forward by the Fistonich Family.

17/08/2026

The Stonecroft label has remained remarkably unchanged for nearly 40 years.

Designed by Alan and Glennice Limmer around their kitchen table, it features the very winery Alan built himself after teaching himself how to construct buildings and spending weekends bringing it to life.

In Episode 5 of Stonecroft Stories, Alan shares the story behind a label that has stood the test of time and become part of Stonecroft’s identity.

27/07/2026

Dr Alan Limmer had never worked in a vineyard. He’d never grown anything in his life. Not even a garden.

With every spare dollar tied up in the property, building Stonecroft meant learning as he went - digging holes and ramming posts in by hand, doing it all before and after work, and spending weekends slowly turning a vision into reality.

In Episode 4 of Stonecroft Stories, Alan reflects on the early days of establishing one of the pioneering vineyards in what would become the Gimblett Gravels Wine Growing District.

Gimblett Gravels

13/07/2026

Dr Alan Limmer didn’t set out to become a winemaker.

A background in earth sciences, chemistry and soil science led him to a research station, a chance friendship with pioneering winemaker Kim Salonius, and eventually a fascination with what was happening in the vineyard.

In Episode 3 of Stonecroft Stories, Alan reflects on the experiences that shaped his thinking and the realisation that great wine starts long before it reaches the winery.

Gimblett Gravels

02/06/2026

Before the Gimblett Gravels became one of New Zealand’s most recognised wine growing regions, most people saw it as stony, infertile land with little value.

Dr Alan Limmer saw something different.

In Episode 2 of Stonecroft Stories, Alan shares how months spent studying soil maps, driving back roads, and knocking on doors led him to the site that would become Stonecroft.



19/05/2026

Dr Alan Limmer - the man who planted New Zealand’s oldest Syrah vines.

What started as a single row of cuttings planted in the Gimblett Gravels in 1984 went on to shape much of New Zealand Syrah as we know it today.

In Episode 1 of Stories from Stonecroft, Alan shares how a chance discovery at the Te Kauwhata research station led to the first commercial Syrah released in New Zealand in recent times.



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Hastings
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