Radburnd

Hawkes Bay

Radburnd Cellars, founded by legendary winemaker Kate Radburnd, is a boutique winery located in Hawke's Bay. Known for its focus on crafting small-batch, high-quality wines, the cellar showcases Kate’s decades of expertise and passion for winemaking. Their portfolio features meticulously produced Chardonnay, Merlot, Syrah, and Cabernet Sauvignon, reflecting the region’s diverse terroir and ideal growing conditions.

They work with vineyards that have the perfect characteristics for the wines they want to make, and with growers they know and trust and who prize sustainability and minimal intervention. Kate and her team are hands on in every step of the process - from picking grapes in the vineyard, to tasting and testing every barrel.

The result is a range of elegant, balanced wines which reflect the vintage variations which are a characteristic of cool climate wine making.

Owner and Winemaker

Kate Radburnd

Kate Radburnd is one of New Zealand’s most respected and influential winemakers, with over 35 years of experience in the wine industry. Based in Hawke's Bay, Kate has built a stellar reputation for crafting elegant, high-quality wines, particularly Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Bordeaux-style reds. She is known for her meticulous attention to detail, sustainability focus, and deep respect for the land.
Kate is the founder of Radburnd Cellars, a boutique winery where she continues her passion for producing small-batch, handcrafted wines. Her career includes significant leadership roles, such as being the Chair of New Zealand Winegrowers and a vocal advocate for sustainability and excellence in winemaking. Her wines consistently receive critical acclaim, embodying her philosophy of balance, purity, and authenticity.

Matching Vineyards to Wine Styles

Radburnd’s carefully selected vineyards around Hawke’s Bay are similar in that they are either Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand accredited or organic, but they each have local characteristics, which reflect the wine styles they want to make.

The stunningly attractive Mangatahi vineyard site is inland, moderately elevated and has free draining shingle plains sloping gently to the flinty Ngaruroro River. Soils in the Bridge Pa Triangle are based on free draining red metal gravels overlaid by alluvium.

Selected sites on the gravelly soils of the old Ngaruroro River are free draining and low in fertility, resulting in struggling vines producing fruit of great concentration.
And the beautiful and sheltered Dartmoor Valley site is inland and elevated with natural terraces. The vineyard has sandy loam over gravel soils, left behind as the Tutaekuri River eroded its path to the sea.