Oyster Bay wines capture the special character of New Zealand's cool climate viticulture … elegant assertive wines with glorious fruit flavours.

"Oyster Bay... the elusive stuff of dreams"

Giles Kime, United Kingdom - Wine critic, past editor of Decanter Magazine and author of wine books.

2024 INTERNATIONAL WINE & SPIRIT COMPETITION, LONDON -
OYSTER BAY SPARKLING CUVÉE BRUT

The International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC) is an annual wine and spirit competition founded in 1969 with over 250 specialist judges from all over the world.

2023 JAMES SUCKLING, USA - 2023 OYSTER BAY PINOT GRIS

James Suckling spent nearly 30 years as Senior Editor and European Bureau Chief of Wine Spectator. Rated by Forbes as “one of the world’s most powerful wine critics.”

2023 INTERNATIONAL WINE CHALLENGE, UNITED KINGDOM - 2022 OYSTER BAY CHARDONNAY

Now in its 38th year, the International Wine Challenge (IWC) is accepted as the world's most rigorous, impartial and influential annual wine competition.

“Marlborough is such a damn good place to grow vines. In fact I’ll go further than that, it’s one of the greatest places on Earth to grow them, producing some of the world’s most remarkable wines.”

Oz Clarke OBE, United Kingdom - One of the world's leading wine experts, whose formidable reputation is based on his extensive wine knowledge. Clarke has written several award-winning books, and is generally regarded as the New World champion who led Britain's wine revolution in the 1990s and 2000s.