Did you know... Saint Clair is Regional's September winery of the month

Posted by Joelle Thomson on August 22, 2023

Pioneering is something the Ibbotson family know a bit about. The family's vines were planted in 1978, making it one of the first vineyards in Marlborough and one that, initially, sold its grapes to other wine producers, until the family decided to dive in and make their own wines for the first time in 1994. They quickly began to win a staggeringly long list of awards for their diverse range of single vineyard Sauvignon Blancs and won New Zealand Winery of the Year four times between 2010 and 2017 from Winestate magazine. The rest is history...

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What's in a name? You may not know...

Where does the name Saint Clair come from? It was the name of the property that the company's first vineyard was located on. This slice of land was first settled by the Sinclair family and James Sinclair built one of the first homes in Blenheim. Over time, the name of the property morphed from Sinclair to the original Saint Clair. And that is where the brand name for this well known winery came from