We are growers, makers and sellers.  

We are focused on making delicious Chardonnay and Cider, and are driven by quality and authenticity.

Our 30ha farm is situated on the rolling hills of the beautiful Moutere Valley, in Tasman at the top of New Zealand's South Island. Our life began here in 2018 after spending a few years searching for the right piece of land to plant, grow and make Chardonnay and Cider how we love it.

In 2019 we established 21,000 close planted Chardonnay vines on rare Ultic clay soils (also known as Moutere clay), along with a small area of transplanted heritage apple trees for cider. Run as an apple orchard for over 100 years, today we use the rest of our farm for breeding Wiltshire sheep which we graze in the vineyard and orchard all year round.

What you taste in a bottle of ABEL is a result of our year-round hard work. We do it all ourselves - from the initial planting of our vineyard, to now pruning, nurturing and hand picking. To pressing, ageing and bottling in our own winery that we constructed out of the old apple packhouse.

This is how wine and cider used to be - grown, made and bottled by those who live on the land.

We are Mark & Sophie McGill from ABEL.