After spending 5 years in the South Australian wine industry Mort and Elise moved back to New Zealand, to Martinborough.
After spending 5 years in the South Australian wine industry Mort and Elise moved back to New Zealand, to Martinborough. Here they purchased a 5-acre vineyard and winery in August 2002. Tiwaiwaka’s first vintage came to fruition in 2003, as winemaking began in earnest.
With the 2019 Vintage underway, Morton and Elise have nurtured the grapes in their own vineyard (and manage 2 others) and put their hands to the entire winemaking process, grape growing to bottling and labelling ready for sales.