Organic Wine Turanga Creek vineyard is fully certified Organic
Organic wine is made from grapes which are free from chemicals and pesticides
Grapes used for winemaking can be subject to up to sixteen various chemicals and pesticides, making them one of the most sprayed crops. For this reason there is a significant movement by winemakers internationally to organic wine.
Turanga Creek Vineyard is the first certified organic vineyard in the Auckland Region. They sell a wide range of organic wines direct and via retailers across New Zealand.
Organic wine growing relies on natural fertilisers such as animal manure, seaweed, composts and teas for soil and plant health along with ecological processes, biodiversity and large scale netting to keep pests away.
There is a definite trend worldwide of wineries becoming organic, a process which takes two to three years. Moving to biodynamic takes six to seven years, requiring a significant commitment (financially and otherwise) by the winery.
While organic winemaking focuses on excluding additives, chemicals and pesticides, biodynamic wine making goes a step further by making use of the ecosystem including animals, birds, insects and plants. For example, fertiliser is made from composted manure from farm animals and other organic substances which reside on the property
We are very proud and privileged to be natures carer's of our 24 hectares of land. We hope to nurture not only our vines, but our team of people. They are the caretakers of our fruit and commit so much by hand tending our vines to produce the very best wines - a true expression of Turanga Creek.
Turanga Creek is fully certified organic and we are now going towards a biodynamic management of the vineyard. Biodynamic winemaking is an extension to organic winemaking based on the work of Rudolf Steiner.
"Biodynamics embodies the ideal of ever-increasing ecological self-sufficiency just as with modern agro-ecology, but includes ethical-spiritual considerations. This type of viticulture views the farm as a cohesive, interconnected living system." Wikipedia