8 Ranges Wines
“Inspiration From the Mountains”
8 Ranges Wines
are crafted from grapes grown on our Tussock Ridge Vineyard, which was first established in 2001 by Mark Borrie and Trevor Deaker.
For many years, Mark and Trevor have had a passion and enthusiasm for fine wines - and for the Central Otago landscape.
These have been the motivations for the establishment of 8 Ranges Wines. The aim is to always produce wines of distinction and excellence which express the local terroir.
Tussock Ridge is a boutique vineyard of less than
3 Ha, situated on the edge of a high terrace in the middle of the Alexandra Basin amidst spectacular mountains in the Central Otago region of New Zealand.
The vineyard overlooks the Clutha River between Alexandra and Clyde, and is located just above the Central Otago Rail Trail.
There are panoramic views of the many surrounding mountain ranges from which our name and inspiration are derived:
• The Old Man Range - Te Kopuwai
• The Old Woman Range
• The Remarkables Range
• The Cairnmuir Range
• The Pisa Range
• The Dunstan Range
• The Hawkdun Range
• The Raggedy Range
The peaks on our logo symbolize these 8 Ranges. The ‘V’ symbolizes the Clutha River carving out the valley through the mountain ranges.
The horizontal line symbolises the Central Otago Rail Trail which passes close below the vineyard.
Seeds of Promise
Hawks survey the rippled hills
And rabbits undermine
These precious seeds of promise
That border on divine
Within each sphere of perfect skin
The sun and soil combine
While slender tendrils twist and tie
And tenderly entwine
Their forty-grit grade crusty leaves
Censor by design
The dusky damask clusters
That dangle from the vine
Hanging by their heritage
A long and lustrous line
The fruit await their final fate
To incarnate as wine.
Robert Free
FREE THE POET
(written by Robert in March 2009 while working on the vineyard)
