Haera Ra 2025: Wairarapa
The 2025 season gleamed with silver linings, says Wilco Lam, winemaker at Oraterra and Chair of Wairarapa Winegrowers.
"We wanted a name that we could own rather than the previous name of the vineyard site - On Giants' Shoulders - and one of the things that kept popping up was to focus on wines that were textural and related to Martinborough as a place, rather than looking atg its specific geographic features."
The first trio of Oraterra wines, launched in late 2024, are a Chardonnay, Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir made from the challenging 2023 vintage.
The brand is backed by German investors, who made it possible to purchase one of Martinborough's oldest vineyards on Princess Street.
"The heritage of great vineyard sites is incredibly important and I hope the Oraterra wines pay homaghe to the land from which they are made," Wilco says.
