Category: Professional Services

Sub Category: Winemaker/Distiller/Brewer

We started on the vineyard side — farming family blocks in Marlborough and trucking fruit to local contract facilities. Thirteen harvests later, that grower grit has grown into the first modern winery in Marlborough’s Upper Wairau Valley.

Along the way we launched a small family label ‘Hillersden’. We learned from our many partners that building a strong wine portfolio was about more than just having the right wines — it’s about cultivating relationships and creating value for your clients by bringing them wines that sell. Also learning just how quickly things can erode that hard-won trust.

When the pandemic hit, we faced the reality that running a consumer brand and a production facility stretched resources too thin. We retired the label, kept the Hillersden name, and focused our resources on supporting our large-volume clients.