Four small hillside vineyards in North Canterbury and a family.
Home Vineyard is where our cellar door & restaurant sit, a 45 minute drive north of central Christchurch, in Waipara Valley. A gentle slope of calcareous clay, home to Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Franc and a nice place to spend an afternoon.
Planted by Russell Black and Daniel Schuster in 1986 at a vine density of 5000 vines per hectare. Netherwood’s soils are classified as Waipara Greensand which is a green grey richly glauconitic sandstone.
Our neighbour's organic vineyard which we lease, on the gentle hillside slope just to the west of our Home Block. A north-northwest facing sedimentary clay fan houses Viognier and Pinot Gris vines, planted in 2001.
Soil, Vine, and Duration
What does it actually mean to farm a place?
Chessie Henry visits Black Estate to spend time with Nicholas and Pen, exploring how their connection to the land shapes everything they do.
