Our fourth vintage is underway at the Research Winery.

A winery trial client dropped off this Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc today, kick-starting vintage 2023 at BRI’s Research Winery. With just 35kg required to run a ferment in our custom tanks, there were no trucks required. We’re excited to get trials underway for our various clients, plus our research projects.  Best of luck to the rest of the industry for vintage 2023!

Research winemaker Ngarita and our vintage lab technician Matt receive the first fruit

Just 35kg of grapes is needed for one of our 17L tanks

Ngarita and cellar manager Josh run the Sauvignon Blanc through our crusher de-stemmer