Let’s Eat Out — Omata Estate
Words — Dennis and Rosamund Knill
Omata Estate is a shining light full of happy diners and wine lovers. It’s deservedly one of the most popular places to eat in town.
If you know and love Akarua wines, a visit to their cellar doors should be top of your list of things to do while you’re in town.
Named with a nod to the ancient coal seam running through the nearby mountain range, multi-award-winning Coal Pit Vineyard springs from schist soils on north-facing slopes in Gibbston, Central Otago’s highest sub-region and producer of some of the world’s finest pinot noir.
Having worked in the wine industry in various roles since she was 18, Keryn Matthews always dreamed of one day owning a vineyard.
Sorrell Wines may be a relative new kid on the Marlborough vineyard block, but founder and winemaker Daniel Sorrell has learned from some of the very best. He takes a break from harvest to share his story with Verve.