Dog Point
Dog Point Vineyard is New Zealand's largest certified organic vineyard by Biogro NZ. Dog Point are family owned and one of the oldest privately established vineyards, located on the hill slopes of the Southern Valleys of Marlborough, New Zealand.
Since 2009, Dog Point began organic conversion in the vineyards. The Wines are vegan, vegetarian and gluten free reflecting their low interventionist ethos. Dog Point’s primary focus is producing wines of uncompromising quality that will cellar well.
The History and the Name
Ivan and Margaret Sutherland were among the earliest Marlborough wine industry pioneers who planted grapes in Marlborough in the late 1970s. While working at Cloudy Bay Vineyards, Ivan met James Healy, where the pair played an integral part of the evolution of the Cloudy Bay brand.
Discovering they shared the same aspirations, Ivan & Margaret and James & Wendy returned to a more 'hands-on' approach launching the Dog Point label in 2004 using fruit from the 2002 vintage.
Today, with succession plans in place, the next generation of the Sutherland family are now running the day to day operations.
The name Dog Point dates back to the earliest European settlement of Marlborough and the introduction of sheep to the district. These were the days where, due to a lack of fences, boundary riders used boundary keeping dogs to protect the local flocks of sheep.
Shepherd's dogs sometimes became lost or wandered off, eventually breeding to form a marauding pack that attacked the same flocks they were meant to be protecting.
Over time the settlers were able to remove these wild dogs and the area was named Dog Point. There is now a friendly "pack of dogs" that greet guests at the vineyard.
Dog Point Vineyard is New Zealand's largest certified organic vineyard by Biogro NZ. Dog Point are family owned and one of the oldest privately established vineyards, located on the hill slopes of the Southern Valleys of Marlborough, New Zealand.
Since 2009, Dog Point began organic conversion in the vineyards. The Wines are vegan, vegetarian and gluten free reflecting their low interventionist ethos. Dog Point’s primary focus is producing wines of uncompromising quality that will cellar well.
