Shieldmaiden

5%

A traditional style carbonated mead created with Auckland bush honey and aged with ginger and nutmeg.

Shield Maiden has the perfect amount of sweetness with a touch of spice. With a smile on her face, she is ready for battle.

Heathen ? Salted Caramel session mead

5%

Try something new?or very old. Heathen is a modern take on something ancient.

Created with Caramelised Auckland bush honey with a pinch or two of sea salt, lightly carbonation. Sweet but refreshing

Appleton Estate Signature Blend is a ‘blended rum’, which means it is a combination of several rums of different styles and ages and does not have an age statement.

Perfectly balanced complex citrus, fruity and sweet notes, with subtle orange peel, dried apricot, fresh peach, and a hint of molasses and woody notes.

From the winery

One of our bestselling wines, Daisy Rose 2024 is made from 100% premium Merlot grapes in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. The wine is delicate in its pink colour, fun, fruity and floral. It has enticing aromas of guava, roses and grapefruit followed by a soft, luscious, and silky palate with alluring flavours of summer fruits. Our stunning Daisy Rosé is best enjoyed chilled (aren’t we all?) on a sunny day with friends and family.

Big on flavour, low on effort. This rich, velvety martini hits with smooth dark chocolate and roasted pistachio. Shake it. Pour it. Show it off. No bartending skills? No problem.

This rich nutty, chocolatey combo has taken social media by storm, popping up all over the world! Pistachio and chocolate is the flavour pairing of the moment with millions of cravings behind it.Batched have bottles that buzz into a ready to pour martini that delivers big on flavour and even bigger on demand! With roasted pistachio, dark chocolate and a smooth finish, it’s rich, layered and seriously good.

This is the top wine of this old estate in Chateauneuf du Pape, produced from a single block of their oldest vines, many of which being over 100 years old.  Very concentrated and hedonistic wine.  100% Grenache,  undergrowth, truffle, toast, light notes of vanilla; red fruit: redcurrants, raspberries, sour cherries, maintaining a fresh acidity and endless length. The complexity of a fine Pinot Noir but the power of a mighty Rhone wine.

Chateauneuf du Pape is definitely the most famous and arguably the most prestigious of the Southern Rhone 'Cru' wine appellations, covering 3,200 hectares of vines across 5 communes (about three times the size of Martinborough).

Wine was made here from Roman times, but became famous with the Papacy in town and beyond to royal courts. The best vineyards are on gentle hill slopes, with deep clay & limestone soils with large rounded river stones 'galets' on top. By rules inacted in the 1920s, no vineyards were to be planted on land that was not arid enough to support plantings of both lavender and vines.

Domaine Juliette Avril is a family winery of four generations in the heart of Chateauneuf town - growing for centuries in the region and helped to create the rules of the appellation in 1928.  The vineyards are the classic mix of Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre, and small amounts of the other 10 grape varieties permitted. An impressive half of the vines are over 50 years old.

Winemaking

Temperature controlled ferment in steel, aged in high quality demi-muid (600L) barrels for 12 months, with a light filtration.  The top wine of the estate - from a single estate of old vines.

This is a beautifully balanced wine that offers aromas of cherry, dark plum and fragrant plum blossom on the nose. The palate is velvet textured with flavours of blackberry, plum, complex spice and white pepper, balanced by fine grained tannins, and a hint of smoky oak.

Food matches include wild pork, red meats and game dishes.

Dice is a New Zealand first - a wine with a vintage which is high quality, fun and funky in a 2-litre box, which puts a new spin on the well known theme of convenience because this wine is all about quality, no holds barred. A blend of Pinot Noir grapes from several vineyards in Bannockburn is used to create this superlative, deliciously good Pinot Noir with its bright bold cherries and ripe fruit flavours underpinned by a medium body and smooth texture in a wine with a long finish. 

This new soda is fiery and refreshing and perfect for enjoying on its own, over ice, mixology, or for cooking.

 0% ABV.

San Marzano 'Talo' Negroamaro Puglia IGP is a full-bodied, deep purple red wine with violet reflections from the Apulian based company, San Marzano. It has an intense aroma of blackcurrant and wild fruit, with notes of spice, vanilla and balsamic. 

The wine is aged in French oak barrels for six months and will age gracedully for five to six years. It pairs well with savoury dishes, meats and mature cheese.