-COLERE-

Colere (Latin for 'to cultivate and worship the land and spirit within') is that of an ethical one, an advocate for artisans, celebrating ethical organic/biodynamic vignerons throughout NZ. Colere wines seek out small unique parcels of interesting wines from these divergent minds who continue to develop their creativity in the winery and cultivate humility in the vineyard.

Fermentation cultures are cultivated no less than plants and animals are cultivated, and for that matter no less than other products of human work and thought. My thoughts are that life is a rhythmic force. There is no better time to witness this than spring and summer, the time of awakening. As buds burst, plants utilize the power of the sun to expand, renew and reclaim. I feel these pulses through the seasons can be tenderly captured in an intelligent wine. A wine complimented by the natural growing rhythms, the pulse of a vines expansion to leaf and contraction to seed. The transformative explosion of life during a natural wild fermentation and then the settling and calming during wine aging, and thus a wines entity. Colere wines are then bottled un-fined and unfiltered where ever possible to allow the wines to continue these ‘living’ rhythmic processes. It's about bringing food and wine to our tables prepared by the magicians not machines.