Celebrate International Pinot Noir Day!
18th August 2025
Wind the clock back 20 years and Pinot Noir was barely known in New Zealand. But today there are plenty of reasons to celebrate the variety, and on 18 August, you can do just that.
Falling in the middle of the New Zealand winter, International Pinot Noir Day is the perfect time to honour a variety that enjoys a heart-warming history here. And what better way to celebrate than by savouring a full and fruity local drop while relaxing in front of a roaring fire
Greytown Christmas Carnival!
27th June – 26th July 2025
In the depths of winter, whilst most people are staying inside watching Netflix, in Greytown they’re donning their Christmas jumpers, gathering around the outdoor braziers and having some good old fashioned fun.
The mid-winter festival is a month-long celebration designed to bring friends and family together. Set to a backdrop of spectacular lighting, festive food, events, night markets, workshops, beautiful displays, live entertainment and even snow, it’s a place to get together and create special memories
Check back for our Festival opening hours
Celebrate International Chardonnay Day!
It’s time to celebrate another successful year in the resurgence of the grape variety that dominated the New Zealand wine industry in the 1980s. Those are the days NZ winemakers won acclaim with barrel-aged wines that were bold and buttery, and while those still exist, today’s Chardonnays are more refined, fruity and fresh with a stand out complexity that’s uniquely New Zealand
So grab yourself some Johner Estate Chardonnay, and raise a glass to this elegant, complex white!
Celebrate International Pinot Gris Day!
Few wines vary in name or nature as much as Pinot Gris and New Zealand’s fresh-faced version is no exception. So what better time than the annual international celebration to discover why New Zealand Pinot Gris has rocketed in popularity
So grab yourself some Johner Estate Pinot Gris, and raise a glass to this beautifully fragrant white!
Celebrate International Sauvignon Blanc Day!
As the adventurous young winemakers who planted New Zealand’s first Sauvignon vines in the 1970s discovered, a happy combination of ideal climatic conditions and skillful viticulture and winemaking transformed the sauvage qualities of the grape into the characteristic “green” aromas and mouth-filling tastes of classic New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc.
So grab yourself some Johner Estate Sauvignon Blanc, and raise a glass to this zesty and well balanced white!
May is Pour Yourself a Glass of New Zealand!
May celebrates our famously refreshing wines at a time when New Zealand’s top white wine varieties are internationally celebrated, with International Sauvignon Blanc Day (2 May), International Pinot Gris Day (17 May) and International Chardonnay Day (22 May) all falling in the same month!
So grab yourself some Johner Estate wine, and join in the celebrations!
WANTED: Bootleggers, Gin Runners & Hooch Hounds!
The Bootleggers’ Run – Wairarapa’s Most Notorious CAR RUN – is on Saturday 26 April 2025, and we’re one of the official pit stops that have a special “off-the-record” deal just for your crew!
Wairarapa Harvest Festival 2025
Third weekend of February
Event starts 11am
The festival will be held at the beautiful, sheltered riverside setting locally known as ‘The Cliffs’ on the banks of the Ruamahunga River at Dakins Road in rural Wairarapa
Go online now to purchase tickets while still available and to get further information https://wairarapaharvestfestival.co.nz
Johner Estate will be on-site with a great range of our popular wines, with our friendly staff to help make your day super enjoyable!
Celebrate Rosé Day 5 February 2025!
Rosé is the fastest growing wine variety in the country, and while no summer picnic, long lunch or sunny celebration is complete without it, the variety is no longer considered only suited to summer sipping, but is now enjoying year-round popularity!
