Seifried Estate Winery

Seifried Estate Winery
  • Seifried Estate Winery
  • Seifried Family Winemakers
Company typePrivate
IndustryWine
FoundedNelson, New Zealand 1973 (1973)
Founders
  • Hermann and Agnes Seifried
Products
Website

Seifried Estate Winery is a family owned winery and vineyard based in Nelson, New Zealand.[1][2] The winery was founded by Hermann Seifried and his wife Agnes in 1973[3] as a part time business, and is now the South Island's oldest commercial vineyard.[4][5][6][7]

Using grapes harvested from estate grown, ‘Sustainably Accredited’ (Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand – SWNZ[8]) vineyards scattered throughout the Nelson region, this is now a second-generation wine producer, with siblings Heidi, Chris and Anna now working alongside their parents in various management positions within the family business.[9][10][11]

Seifried Estate Winery farms over 325 hectares of vines around the Nelson and Marlborough region, and exports wine around the world.[12][13][14] Seifried Estate Winery has gained a reputation for lesser known varieties including Grüner Veltliner, Zweigelt, and Würzer – a rare grape variety for which Seifried are the only NZ producer.[15][16]

In September 2014, Hermann and Agnes Seifried were acknowledged for their contributions to New Zealand wine and inducted as Fellows of New Zealand Winegrowers.[4] They are the first husband and wife team to be inducted and the first for a woman.[17]

Wines

Seifried Estate Winery produces wines under a range of brands including:

  • Seifried – premium estate label
  • Aotea – single estate grown
  • Old Coach Road
  • Rabbit Island.[18]

Seifried Estate Wines produces wine styles that include Sauvignon blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Syrah, Cabernet Franc, Riesling, Gewürztraminer, & Merlot. They also produce lesser known varieties including Grüner Veltliner, Zweigelt and Würzer.[15][16][19]

Wineries

Seifried Cellar Door is located at the winery in Appleby.[20]

  • Seifried Estate Winery was one of the wineries feature in the 2019 documentary A Seat at the Table by David Nash and Simon Mark-Brown.[21]

References

  1. ^ "Seifried Estate – The Real Review". The Real Review. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Seifried Estate Winery". www.nzwine.com. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Seifried Estate Winery: Labour of love". www.nzwine.com. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b Davis, Christian (2 September 2014). "Seifrieds are fellows of New Zealand Winegrowers". Drinks International. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  5. ^ Hodgson, Neil (6 October 2020). "Seifried continue to set the benchmark at every level". stuff.co.nz. Stuff. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Seifrieds celebrating 40 years of family winemaking". stuff.co.nz. Stuff. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  7. ^ Holland, Micheal (presenter) (18 June 2021). Seven Sharp – Meet the Nelson winemaking family sticking together through thick and thin (Television). New Zealand: TVNZ.
  8. ^ "Sustainable Winegrowing NZ". New Zealand Wine. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Nelson family winemakers Seifried take out top award". RNZ. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  10. ^ Preece, Sophie. "Seifried's Sauvignon reigns supreme". www.ruralnewsgroup.co.nz. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Seifried continue to set the benchmark at every level". Stuff. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  12. ^ Johnson, Hugh; Robinson, Jancis, eds. (2013). "New Zealand". The World Atlas of Wine (7th ed.). Mitchell Beazley. p. 356. ISBN 978-1-84533-689-9. Neudorf and Seifried have some of Nelson's most admirable track records.
  13. ^ Gooch, Carly (4 August 2017). "Seifried Estate Winery makes inroads into Russian market". stuff.co.nz. Stuff. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  14. ^ Ridout, Amy (13 September 2020). "Nelson sauvignon blanc picks up a best-in-NZ in Germany". stuff.co.nz. Stuff. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  15. ^ a b Morice, Peter; Walton, Deborah (21 August 2009). "Wurzer: an aromatic cross". Stuff. stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  16. ^ a b "Seifried Estate : new releases". The Independent Wine Monthly. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  17. ^ "Nelson wine pioneers honoured by industry". Nelson Weekly. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  18. ^ "AN OVERVIEW OF THE NEW ZEALAND WINE INDUSTRY" (PDF). Coriolis Research. p. 175. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  19. ^ MacQuitty, Jane (16 February 2019). "Why it's worth paying more for New Zealand red wines". The Times. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  20. ^ "SEIFRIED CELLAR DOOR AND HARVEST KITCHEN". Taste Nelson Wines. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  21. ^ Nash, David (director), Mark-Brown, Simon (director) (3 July 2020). A Seat at the Table (Motion picture). New Zealand: Samuel Goldwyn Films. Retrieved 23 September 2021.