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© 2009 Ryack Holdings Ltd

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We promote our owna wine club, and also support a wine tasting club called the "Brown Baggers" where wines are tasted blind and members try to ascertain which they prefer of a range of Syrah for instance. Or sometime  we have "wine options"  where the members try to work out which wine they are tasting, where it comes from, which grape varietal etc. !!

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Eric and Sandra Shackleton have built a modern mediterranean/Kiwi style home on 12 acres on a hill near Ahipara in the Far North of New Zealand. It has wonderful views to the north including 90-Mile Beach, Mt. Camel, Puheke and Whatuwhiwhi.

With the native plantings and grapes vines it is a really lovely spot near the West Coast, and is a haven for Tuis, Native Pigeons and we are hoping for Kiwis in the future.

There is a small stream flowing through the property  the name of which is Waitapu meaning "Sacred water" hence the name for the vineyard. This stream provides water for a large number of properties and market gardens.

This is a small family boutique vineyard. Eric & Sandra with their boys Garvin, Clive and Stefan have lived in the area most of their lives. Eric & Sandra work in a pharmacy as does Garvin, Stefan milks cows and Clive teaches English in Spain.

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111 Masters Access Road, Ahipara