Aerial view of the Hopes Grove estate. Hopes Grove Facebook
Hopes Grove is a small Hawke’s Bay wine producer sited on a stretch of rolling hills at the edge of Heretaunga Plains, on the outskirts of Pakipaki. The 3.5-hectare vineyard is made up of five different blocks planted with syrah, chardonnay, pinot noir, viognier and a hillside block of white grape varieties that produces a field blend.
The owners believe that good farming starts below the ground and depends on balance in the soil, and the rhythm of life within it.
The hillsides are layered with loamy topsoil atop ribbons of clay, over white limestone base-rock. The plains below have much richer, ashy silt-loam soils. The owners believe that good farming starts below the ground and depends on balance in the soil, and the rhythm of life within it.
“Above ground, we’re lucky enough to be able to step out our front door, take a few steps, and be in the vineyard. We live here. So we do our best to create and nourish a healthy environment—for the vines, for us, and for everything else in our little ecosystem. In order to do this, we try to use as few inputs as possible, to keep our environment pure,” the website states.
The name Hopes Grove comes from previous owners, the Hope family, who were olive farmers. They were the first commercial olive growers in the area, and planted the grove on the north-facing slopes in the early 1980s.
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This Article was originally published on The Real Review
