
Winemaker Brent Marris' father was the first person to plant Sauvignon vines in Marlborough. It seems extraordinary that in a single generation a whole new type of wine could have been developed.
Brent has had just as big an impact on Kiwi Sauvignon as his dad. He's got rafts of awards, and has launched multiple famous wine brands. Suffice to say, he really knows what he's doing and that comes through in The Ned Waihopai River Sauvignon Blanc.
Its magic is that it is so consistently, definitively a Marlborough Sauvignon. It's tropical, it's citrussy - it's the most refreshing thing you could pour into your glass at 6pm. Full of gooseberry and grapefruit flavours, it's grassy, tropical and seriously aromatic. Fantastic with Thai-style fish cakes.
Environment friendly best wishes
100% plastic free. That means all our packaging is biodegradable & we ensure no single use plastic.
Sustainability Breakdown
The Bottle
- The glass wine bottles are easy to recycle at your local bottle bank.
The Inner Protective Cardboard Bottle ‘Sleeve’
- We use a Flexi-Hex ® cardboard sleeve to protect the bottle from knocks and bumps in transit.
- The Flexi-Hex sleeve is plastic-free and made from 100% recycled material.
- The PVA adhesive is non-toxic and under the right conditions will biodegrade in 6 weeks.
- The product itself can be reused up to 5 times.
- Flexi-Hex breaks down and biodegrades readily, is non-toxic and is made of recycled material, which has a lower carbon footprint than using virgin cardboard.
The Outer Cardboard Postal Box
- Our postal box is digitally printed paperboard made from a renewable resource.
- Our packaging supplier provides a certified chain of custody as a guarantee of a verifiably sustainable packaging supply chain.
Future focus
We’re still trying to make our carbon footprint even smaller & in the future we aim to
- Ensure the fulfilment warehouse that packages your order runs on renewable energy.
- Introduce an easy way for you to choose an emissions free postage option.
If you have any further ideas, product suggestions etc, on how we can make our offering even more environmentally friendly, please get in contact