Kumeu
Kumeu: World-Class Chardonnay, Built on Heritage
Just a 30-minute drive from Auckland's CBD, Kumeu is the historical heart of New Zealand's wine industry, with a winemaking legacy stretching back to the Croatian settlers of the 1930s and 40s.
Kumeu is globally renowned for its world-class Chardonnay, often succeeding in blind tastings against top white Burgundies. The region's unique clay and loam-based soils, combined with cooling sea breezes, create wines with remarkable freshness, elegance, and complexity.
Home to some of New Zealand's most famous and long-established family-run estates (like Kumeu River and Babich), Kumeu offers a refreshing blend of boutique wineries, rolling green farmland, and a unique sense of history that makes the journey as rewarding as the tasting. Come for the classic, age-worthy Chardonnay, stay to discover the next great white wine story.
