Rail Trail Vineyards

BLACK RIDGE VINEYARD & WINERY

CONROY’S ROAD
THE MOST SOUTHERN VINEYARD AND WINERY IN THE WORLD

Set high on the rocky slopes of the Old Man Range, on Conroy’s Road just 8 kms from Alexandra, the Vineyard looks out over the Rail Trail towards the Hawkdun Range. A magic Vineyard with magic wines to taste:

Otago Gold, Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Savignon.

Open daily from 10.00 am – 5.00 pm for tastings and cellar door sales. Your hosts are Sue Edwards and Verdun Burgess.

Contact: Sue
Address: PO Box 54, Alexandra
Phone: 03 4492059
Fax: 03 4492597
Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Website: www.blackridge.co.nz

Shaky Bridge Wines

The Shaky Bridge lies adjacent to the Shaky Bridge Vineyard Café. The Shaky Bridge, constructed in 1878, is an icon in Alexandra and provides the inspiration for our branding. Our source vineyards are amongst the oldest in all of Central Otago. You can almost feel the pioneering spirit of those early settlers who built the bridge as you shake across it! That same pioneering spirit to plant Pinot Noir in the Alexandra basin more than thirty years ago, provides us with grapes for our wines today.

Shaky Bridge Wines first release was the 2003 Shaky Bridge Pinot Noir. Sourcing fruit from some of the oldest vines in Central Otago, and from a variety of vineyard parcels within the Alexandra Basin, the first Shaky Bridge release received instant international acclaim.

Building on the winning formula established with our first wine, we added Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer, Riesling and a Pinot Noir Rose to our Artisan Series portfolio in 2006. The release of a fresh and zesty styled Chardonnay in 2007 completed our goal of offering a variety of high quality, well priced wines that display the unique attributes of our vineyard sources.

In 2008, we added the economically priced Pioneer Series wines to our Shaky Bridge brand family. Our Pioneer Series offers an entry point for wine lovers to sample the unique flavors of the Alexandra Basin and to introduce Shaky Bridge Wines at a more affordable price point. We have maintained our high quality standards with our second tier label.

Stop in to relax in the shade of our trees and to look out across the Home Block vineyard. If Clyde is the end of your Rail Trail experience, there is no better spot to savor the triumph of finishing the Trail! Call ahead for us to arrange a picnic lunch for your group as you finish your ride! Once you’ve rested and need more nourishment, the Shaky Bridge Café is the best place in town to relive all your Rail Trail memories and enjoy more of our exceptional wines!

Shaky Bridge Wines…wines that move you

Our Cellar Door is open for tasting and sales from 11am – 4.00pm, from September – April. As we have a small team, please call ahead to ensure we are open on the day you wish to visit. We are open for sales only during the winter months.
Contact: Ashley Boeyen, Director of Marketing and Sales
Address: 269 Dunstan Road, Alexandra, Central Otago
Phone: +64 3 448 8436
Fax: +64 3 448 8434
Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Website: www.shakybridge.co.nz

Hawkdun Rise Vineyard & Accommodation

We are a small Boutique Lodge set in a tranquil setting overlooking our vineyard. Included in our tariff, you receive a glass of our own Pinot Noir, also a sumptuous breakfast.

After a day out you can sit back and enjoy our home theatre with over 100 DVD titles, or sit back in our spa, which will rejuvenate you for your next outing.

Dinners can be arranged, also picnic lunches and dinners for those long summer evenings.

Your welcoming host: Suzanne Bali

Address: 241 Letts Gully Road, Alexandra
Phone/Fax: 03 448 7782
Mobile: 027 410 4818
Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Website: www.vineyardstay.co.nz

Hinton Estate Vineyard

Our family Vineyard is on located Earnscleugh Road where the we have been growing fruit for over 100 years.

The winery, where Howie Hinton makes award winning wines, and tasting room are situated at 19 Chicago Street – right on the Rail Trail.

Pop in on your way past to taste the wines, sip a coffee and, in summer, buy some delicious summer fruit straight from our orchard. We would love to see you.

(that's Howie in the picture!)

Contact:
Phone: +64 3 448 8231
fax +64 3 448 6266
Mobile: 027 500 9500

Web: www.hinton.co.nz
Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Dry Gully Vineyard

Dry Gully

Dry Gully Vineyard in Earnscleugh Road is owned by Bill and Sybilla Moffitt and their three sons.
The Dry Gully Vineyard is complemented by four other vineyard sites owned by the sons
offering different soil types and aspects planted in a wide range of Pinot Noir clones
which attributes to the consistent quality of our wines.
Organic fertilisers and vine sprays are used and wild flower cover crops planted every other year to
encourage more beneficial nsects into the vineyards. The vines are entirely hand-tended and grown as
organically as possible.

Visitors to Dry Gully are welcomed with warm hospitality and hosted in the 150 year
old converted tasting room which used to be stables. The peaceful surrounding and
relaxed atmosphere of Dry Gully and the delicious wines make a must stop on your
travels to Alexandra.
The property belonging to the Moffitts is literally an island in a sea of gold dredge
tailings. Around them on all sides are the piles of gravel and deep hollows so typical
of dredged riverbank. The way in which that tiny piece of virgin soil remained so is
a long and engrossing tale.

Contact:
Phone: +64 3 4492030
email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

DRUMSARA WINES VINEYARD

274 Hillview Road, Alexandra

This family owned vineyard is set on the glacial outwash gravel plateau overlooking Alexandra & Clyde. From the rail trail on the northern outskirts of Alexandra follow the “Hillview Road” signs to the Drumsara vineyard. Here you will see the vines, be able to soak in the peace and tranquility of this special place and appreciate we are truly born of glacial ice and rock. We have a growing reputation for outstanding pinot’s and you will find our wines at great hospitality stops all along the rail trail.

If it is a tasting you deserve then bring your cycle to a halt on the trail, a km north of the “Airport Road” intersection at Orchard Garden Café & Tasting Centre. Wendy, Dale & the team provide a stunning tasting tray of local wines and the Drumsara Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris are featured.

If you are in need of a Bottle or two to have with dinner or take home, then call by the Central Gourmet Galleria in Clyde.

For further assistance:
John 027-4388906 or Wayne 027-2247447
Address: 274 Hillview Road,
Alexandra,
Central Otago
Fax: +64 3 441 3960
Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Web: http://www.drumsara.com

[ Back ]