FWL Announces Harvest Result &Top Decanter World Wine Award

22 May 2019

Foley Wines Limited Announces Harvest Result and Top Decanter World Wine Award

2019 Harvest Result

Foley Wines Limited [NZX: FWL] CEO Mark Turnbull today announced that the company
has completed its harvest for the 2019 vintage. The harvest totalled 6,812 tonnes across the
Marlborough and Martinborough wineries, an overall increase of 16% on last year’s harvest of
5,868 tonnes. The Mt Difficulty winery totalled 1,492 tonnes, an overall increase of 21% for
the 2019 vintage compared with last year of 1,236 tonnes.

Mr Turnbull said “We are delighted with the harvest results in light of the difficult conditions
at the start of the growing season. The combined total of 8,304 tonnes gives us a strong
foundation to continue our growth strategy.”

Foley Wines Group Chief Winemaker Alastair Maling MW said following initial assessment
of the wines he is extremely excited about the quality from the 2019 vintage. “All three regions
that Foley Wines sources fruit from – Martinborough, Marlborough and Central Otago – feature
strongly and I feel confident the wines will continue to deliver a high standard across all
varieties. Once the early season challenges in October (frosts in Martinborough) and a wet
December which impacted on flowering in both Martinborough and Marlborough were
overcome, we experienced perfect growing conditions. Hot and dry weather set up an ideal
harvest that was even and well spread out enabling the winemakers to pick the fruit in optimum
condition and flavour,” he said.

Te Kairanga John Martin Pinot Noir named Best Wine in Show at the Decanter World
Wine Awards

Te Kairanga John Martin Pinot Noir 2017 has been awarded the ultimate accolade at the
Decanter World Wine Awards in London this week, being named Best in Show with 97 Points.
The world’s largest and most influential wine competition, the DWWA is trusted internationally
as an unrivalled source of wine recommendations.
At the same competition Te Kairanga Runholder Pinot Noir 2017 was awarded Gold with 95
Points, which follows the 2015 vintage of the same wine being named Best New Zealand Pinot
Noir at the 2017 competition.
“These results are another example of delivering on our purpose – making great wine that
people love to drink around the world, and testament to the quality of Foley Wines portfolio in
New Zealand,” said Foley Wines CEO Mark Turnbull.

“Lion New Zealand is making enormous progress building our brands since being appointed as
distributor to our wider portfolio last November, and accolades of this prestige and influence
give even more momentum to our portfolio,” he said.
Earlier this month three wines in the Foley Wines portfolio were named on the Fine Wines of
New Zealand list; a definitive list of New Zealand’s best wines and wineries, showcasing
provenance, consistency, excellence in winemaking, and a demonstrated evolution of fine wine
production.

Authorised for public release.

For further information please contact:
Mark Turnbull
CEO, Foley Wines Limited
PO Box 67, Renwick, 7243, Marlborough
Tel: +64 21 714 885
Email: mark@foleywines.co.nz



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About Foley Wines

Foley Wines is a collection of iconic wineries and brands from New Zealand’s most acclaimed
wine regions. Each with a unique story of New Zealand to tell, our wineries are linked by a
common unrelenting purpose; to make great wine that people love to drink around the world –
Made by Land & Hand.

Foley Wines is proud custodian of Martinborough Vineyard, Te Kairanga, Grove Mill,
Vavasour, Mt Difficulty and Lighthouse Gin.