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Lowlands Wines is owned and operated by the Holdaway family in Marlborough, New Zealand.
About Us
The Holdaways eight vineyards (totalling 182 ha) are all in the Lower Wairau/Dillons Point sub-region of Marlborough and include property continuously owned by the Holdaway family since 1864
The vineyards are fully accredited with Sustainable Winegrowing NZ, and use methods such as cover crops, compost applications, and biological controls to actively regenerate soils and vineyard ecosystems.
Proceeds from wine sales directly contribute to the enhancement of New Zealand’s unique biodiversity.
In 1842 James Holdaway arrived in Nelson and by 1853 at only 17 years of age he was working in Marlborough. One of his many jobs was driving a bullock dray carrying wool from the Awatere Valley to the Wairau Bar. In 1864 he purchased land in Dillons Point on the lower Wairau plains which he named Lowlands. Now his descendants grow Sauvignon Blanc grapes on this land.