Paul Mooney is celebrating 40 years of winemaking at Mission Estate, making him one of New Zealand’s most experienced winemakers. When Paul started, a block was planted on Mission Estate’s Taradale vineyard. The grapes from that block have been used to create Paul’s 40th vintage – an old vine Semillon wine with complex and sweet Read more
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Mission Concert to return in 2017
Tuesday, October 11th, 2016The Hawke Bay’s Mission Concert is set to return in 2017. It will take place on Saturday, April 8 Mission Estate Winery made the announcement last week and said it was “very pleased” to again deliver one of the “hottest entertainment acts on earth”. The headline artist will be announced onThursday. Continue reading
Leading travel website rates Mission fare tops
Tuesday, October 27th, 2015One of the world’s leading travel websites has put Hawke’s Bay in its top 10 for possessing what it calls one of New Zealand’s finest restaurants – which went down very well at Mission Restaurant in Greenmeadows, which got the nod for the list. The annual Travellers’ Choice Awards staged by the US-based site, Trip Read more
Mission Vineyards: 50 shades of grapes
Tuesday, August 25th, 2015
Mission Estate Winery, perched high in the Taradale Hills of Hawkes Bay, is as much a history book as it is a vineyard. Approaching the extensive property, the first thing to steal your attention is an avenue of plane trees, the solid trunks, 57 in total, have stood sentry here alongside fields of vines since Read more