Destiny Bay

The Comet's Tale - July 2024 - https://mailchi.mp/destinybaywine.com/the-comets-tale-july-2024

It is once again our pleasure to share with you that Destiny Bay has been announced as the #2 winery in New Zealand by in the Top Wineries of New Zealand awards. A spot that we have now occupied for a third consecutive year! A huge thanks and our deep appreciation to Bob Campbell MW and the team at for recognising the efforts of our winemaking team, year after year.

Congratulations to our fellow wineries that also made the list!

The Destiny Bay team would like to wish all our Patrons, customers and followers a safe and joyous Holiday Season 🎄

We hope that 2024 brings you all many happy days with family and friends and a prosperous vintage would go down nicely too 🤞🏼

The results are in! Bob Campbell MW has released his scores and tasting notes for the 2021 vintage. Scoring a hat-trick, the 2021 Magna Praemia joins earlier vintages (2019 and 2020) with an exciting 99 points out of a 100. Destinae follows closely with 98 points in a never-before-seen overtaking of the Mystae which came in at a delightful 97 points. Special thanks to Bob Campbell MW and The Real Review for their continued support

Bob Campbell MW
writes about our move to Capsule-less bottles

It’s cool to go topless

Foggy winter morning in the vineyard

We’re thrilled to announce that Destiny Bay has once again ranked at number 2 in Top Wineries of New Zealand list! A special thanks to Bob Campbell MW and the team for their support, it’s a great honour to be recognised and congratulations to for coming out in the top spot this year!

Pleased to support a great wine shop and bar in Osaka. Arigatou gozaimasu!

One of Osaka’s most respected French cuisine chefs and restaurants. A pleasure to have our wines paired with their amazing food.

Destiny Bay 'Magna Praema' 2020, Waiheke Island, Auckland — Cameron Douglas, MS Opaque core with dark purple hues and bright pink rim. The bouquet is incredible, concentrated and focused, led by aromas of dark plums and blackberries, smoky chocolate and sweet toasty wood, violets and olive, sweet to***co and iron….

An exciting night and some exciting wines to try here in Osaka!

Wishing all of our wonderful customers and followers a very happy Holiday Season and a prosperous New Year. Thank you all for being part of the Destiny Bay story.

Bob Campbell interviews Winemaker Sean Spratt a year after being named Winery of the Year for 2021 by The Real Review (and after securing the #2 Winery in 2022 - making it 4 years in a row being in the top 5).

The merits of being top A year after Waiheke red wine specialist, Destiny Bay, learned that they had been awarded top spot in The Real Review Top Wineries of New Zealand 2021 Bob Campbell MW asked owner/winemaker Sean Spratt what impact the award had on their business.

The Real Review have announced its annual list of Top Wineries of New Zealand. Destiny Bay has been consistently ranked in the Top 5 for the last four years and we are honoured to be recognised, once again. This year, Destiny Bay sits at Number 2, only a small change from last years Number 1 spot and Winery of the Year title. Congratulations to Kusuda, who scored First Place and to all of our fellow Waiheke vineyards that made the list.

Waiheke Island Wine | Destiny Bay | Top Rated Cabernet & Merlot Blends Destiny Bay is a small, single vineyard, family-owned winery that specializes in estate grown and bottled Cabernet Sauvignon blended wine from Waiheke Island, New Zealand

A nice little bit of coverage here about our recent decision to stop using tin capsules to be more socially responsible, reduce waste and preserve resources. Also, the bottles look quite smart without a capsule - courtesy of using high quality bottles!

Destiny Bay goes topless Waiheke winery Destiny Bay has ditched capsules from the 2020 vintage because of “ethical issues”.

Beautiful day for a tour and tasting🍷

We are so pleased to be able to welcome overseas visitors again!

Destiny Bay updated their website address.

We are thrilled to announce that Rebecca Gibb MW and Vinous have scored the 2019 Magna Praemia 98/100.

"[...] Silken and welcoming on entry, offers the most poise, restraint and sinew, lending direction, structure and freshness. Layers of flavor emerge, from blue and black fruit to licorice [...]Serious, complex and concentrated[...]

Also rated were Mystae 2019 96/100 and Destinae 2019 93/100.

For our full write-up and detailed notes visit https://www.destinybaywine.com/destiny-bay-magna-praemia-vinous/

Sunsets on another harvest day and in tank and up next

Some nice coverage from Bob Campbell of The Real Review on Waiheke Vineyards and Destiny Bay

Introduction to Waiheke Island Waiheke Island is New Zealand’s most populated island. Situated in the Hauraki Gulf, it is a scenic 40-minuted ferry ride from the Auckland CBD.

The eruption as observed by the Destiny Bay
weather station on Saturday. Our thoughts are with the people of our island neighbor .

Ethics on Top — Why Destiny Bay bottles are now capsule-free https://www.destinybaywine.com/ethics-on-top-why-destiny-bay-bottles-are-now-capsule-free/

It's now easier to contact Destiny Bay.

Thanks for the great write-up Wine Folio and the honour of naming our 2019 your Red of the Year with a 98/100!

The WineFolio Top 10 Wines of the Year - 2021 - WineFolio Whilst this isn’t a Top 10 Tasting – it IS my Top 10 wines of the year. These are the wines that have either got the highest points in reviews; …

We would like to wish all of our Patrons, customers and followers a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you for your loyalty and support throughout 2021!

We are after a couple of people for general vineyard duties during the growing season. Tucking, leaf plucking, fruit thinning etc.