Latest News
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Ex-Clearview Estate staff
member Estelle Taylor is heading to Paris to dance at Disneyland.
Bernie Kelly's black-billed gull story has been picked up by TVNZ.
Clearview Estate's very own ornithologist and groundsman, Bernie Kelly, has been protecting a local colony of endangered, native black beaked gulls.
Essence of
Hawke’s Bay & Supreme Tourism Award Winner !
Clearview Estate has won the inaugural "Essence of
Hawke’s Bay" award & the overall Supreme Award
at the Hawke’s Bay Tourism
Awards 2017
Two Wins for Clearview Estate in the 2017 HB Hospitality Awards
We had two great successes at the recent awards:
* Outstanding Cellar Door - Clearview Estate
* Outstanding Sales Representative/Supplier - Lisa Clarke
Hawke's Bay Confirmed Top Food & Wine Region
We’re proudly celebrating Hawke’s Bays recognition as
NZ’s top food and wine region at the 2017 Cuisine Good Food Awards.
Blush is back!
Our Black Reef Blush rose has been bottled and is about to be released.
Clearview Estate Reds Impress Bob Campbell
Master of Wine Bob Campbell has recently tasted our 2015 reserve reds and was impressed.
Black Reef Blush
Wine writer Michael Copper has featured our Black Reef Blush in his rose double page special feature in the Listener.
Click the Black Reef Blush image to read the full article.
Enigma
Wine reviewer Yvonne Lorkin had some cool things to say about our 2015 Enigma in the NZ Herald's recent Canvas magazine. Enigma had some illustrious company!
Click the image below to read Yvonne Lorkin's full review of our yet to be released 2015 Enigma:
International Flying Fifteens Regatta
Clearview Estate recently hosted a group of national and overseas guests who were part of the International Flying Fifteens Regatta organised by the Napier Sailing Club.
Click on the image below to read the full story.
Winemaker Matt Kirby (left) and co-owners
Helma van den Berg and Tim Turvey, with the proof that the Clearview Reserve
Chardonnay 2015 is the best in the country as announced at the New Zealand
International Wine Show announced on Saturday (1 October).
JASCHA OLDHAM-SELAK WINS TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIP
WINEMAKER MATT KIRBY HEADS TO CHINA
ENDEAVOUR CHARDONNAY IS BOTTLED
WE HOST CHINESE SUPERMARKET MAGNATE - May 2015
CLEARVIEW WINS AT THE HOSPITALITY AWARDS - May 2015
BUSY SEASON FOR THE RED SHED RESTAURANT - March 2015
CLEARVIEW ESTATE AT HORSE OF THE YEAR - March 2015
HAT TRICK AGAIN FOR CLEARVIEW ESTATE AT HOSPO AWARDS
Clearview Estate Winery and Restaurant once again showed that consistent top quality food and service makes this Hawke’s Bay icon a star performer at the Hawke’s Bay Food Hospitality Awards... click here to read more!
WINNING CLEARVIEW T SHIRT DESIGNS ANNOUNCED
Clearview Estate Winery and Restaurant once again showed that consistent top quality food and service makes this Hawke’s Bay icon a star performer at the Hawke’s Bay Food Hospitality Awards... click here to read more!
WINNING CLEARVIEW T SHIRT DESIGNS ANNOUNCED
Michelle Hellyer and Eden Clarkson, who are just completing the second year of their Bachelor of Visual Arts and Design degree, were announced as the winners by Clearview co-owner Helma van den Berg at EIT’s ideaschool graduates art exhibition event last week.
BLACK REEF BLUSH is BACK!
Our 2013 Black Reef Blush is released! It's available in our cellar door and online via our webshop.
One of Each from this year’s Spiegelau International Wine Competition
The results for this year's Spiegelau International Wine Competition were released this morning and Clearview received a harlequin set of medals for their white wines!
The recently released 2012 Reserve Chardonnay received its first gold medal following on from a four star rating by Michael Cooper. The 2012 Haumoana Viognier received a Silver Medal, a great result for the first Viognier to be produced at Clearview! The yet to be released 2012 White Caps Chardonnay, gained a bronze medal.
Haumoana Viognier 2012 SILVER
Whitecaps Chardonnay 2012 BRONZE (to be released soon - watch this space)
The wines can be purchased on-line by clicking the links above.
CHARITY WINE AUCTION RAISES NEARLY $100,000
The Hawke's Bay Charity Fine Wine Auction, held on the Saturday of Queen's Birthday weekend, raised nearly $100,000 for the local Cranford Hospice.
Clearview Estate's donated auction lot was in the top three valued wine lots, and dollar per litre was the highest valued lot.
DOUBLE SUCCESS at HB HOSPO AWARDS
The dining experience at the iconic Red Shed Clearview Estate Winery restaurant on the coast of Hawke’s Bay is exceptional; for the second year running, the Clearview team received the Outstanding Winery Restaurant award, this year adding the Outstanding Winery Experience award at the sell-out Hawke’s Bay 2013 Hospitality Awards announced this week.
“We work constantly to provide a unique and consistent visitor experience, to have our winery and restaurant recognised by our peers in such illustrious company is a great pleasure for our team,” says Clearview co-founder, Helma van den Berg.
“We work constantly to provide a unique and consistent visitor experience, to have our winery and restaurant recognised by our peers in such illustrious company is a great pleasure for our team,” says Clearview co-founder, Helma van den Berg.
INTERNATIONAL SAUVIGNON BLANC DAY
17th MAY
VERTICAL TASTING OF CLEARVIEW SAUVIGNON BLANC
Dedicated customers Raewyn McKeown and friends Wolfgang and Birgit Himme recently held a dinner with a vertical tasting of six consecutive years of Clearview Estate Reserve Sauvignon Blanc - 2002 to 2007.
Raewyn commented that, "The evening was a great success and heaps of fun. My favourites were the 2003 and the 2006 which I found very elegant and sophisticated."
Click here to read Raewyn's full tasting notes
OUR VINTAGE CELLAR HAND BRIAN JESSEN WALKS THE REOPENED TONGARIRO CROSSING
Our vintage cellar hand Brian Jessen is interviewed on TVNZ News after he is one of the first to walk the reopened Tongariro Crossing. Brian is the second tramper interviewed on the clip.
JOHN HAWKESBY REVIEWS CLEARVIEW ESTATE SYRAH 2012
National Radio"s Kathryn Ryan talks to John Hawkesby who reviews Clearview's Cape Kidnappers Syrah 2012 - from 7'.49'' onwards
CLEARVIEW ESTATE STARS IN LATEST HB TOURISM ADS
We are proud to be part of the latest Hawke's Bay Tourism ad campaign. View the ads below and share the Hawke's Bay secret with your friends.
FOOD HB HOSPO AWARD NOMINATIONS for 2013
We thrilled to have again been nominated by our peers in 3 major categories:
- Outstanding Winery Restaurant
- Outstanding Winery Experience
- Outstanding Sales Rep/Supplier - Lisa Clarke
The winners will be announced at the industry sellout event on May 20th at the Napier Municipal Theatre.
International wine industry guests speed date at Clearview
Adopting a ‘speed dating’ format gave 21 international wine influentials the opportunity to chat personally with 15 Hawke’s Bay winemakers and taste their selected aged wine before dining in the original Vidal Homestead at Clearview Estate Winery.
Record summer for seaside Clearview Estate winery restaurant
The seaside winery restaurant at Te Awanga has been “at capacity” for two months, with two record weeks back to back over the Christmas and New Year period that saw over 1000 people dine there each week.
