Bella our Wine Dog at Brightwater Vineyards

Cellar door dogs have been synonymous with cellar doors as long as cellar doors have been opening. Books have featured these four-legged friends for years. Here at Brightwater Vineyards our 18-month-old teenager is Bella. She is a Border Collie / Poodle cross (Bordoodle?) She is an absolute delight and so cuddly and always ready to…

Our COVID-19 Lockdown Story

The 2020 vintage was certainly a different one for us. It takes a team of about sixteeen pickers three days to hand pick our Pinot Noir. Luckily, because the summer was hot, the grapes ripened a bit earlier than normal. Hence we were able to use our picking team to hand pick all the Pinot…

Heroes of Humanity

We have just launched a new label at Brightwater Vineyards It is called Heroes of Humanity and it has a large charity aspect to it. The proceeds of this wine will be donated to the Fifeshire Foundation – a well-recognised and well-reputed charity based in our home town of Nelson…