You're not drinking one year's vintage
You’re drinking 30 years of Forrest.
| A limited selection of Forrest Wine can be found across New Zealand in certain New World, Fresh Choice, Glengarry, Cellar Select stores and super liquors retail stores as well as: | |
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Northland Auckland Retail Auckland Restaurants & Bars Hamilton Coromandel Retail Waitako Retail Tauranga Rotorua Taupo Palmerston North New Plymouth Wanganui Wellington Retail Wellington Restaurants & Bars Marlborough Resorts, Lodges, Restaurants & Bars West Coast |
Kaikoura Christchurch Restaurants & Bars Lyttelton Queenstown Retail Queenstown Restaurants & Bars Arrowtown Restaurants & Retail Dunedin Restaurants & Retail Invercargill |
2015
Beth, John, Brigid, Sam and Reid
1988
Reid, John, Beth, Sam and Brigid
1990
John & Brigid
Renwick Cellar Door Inauguration
2000
John and Brigid
Dr John Forrest
Founder
Dr John William Forrest was born (1955) and bred in Marlborough, New Zealand. A PhD in Neurophysiology decided to become a wine grower and returned to Marlborough in 1988 to establish Forrest Wines alongside his wife Brigid. Lower alcohol and screw cap pioneer, he is known for pushing the boundaries in New Zealand wine.
Dr Brigid Forrest
Founder
Alongside the day-to-day involvement in the vineyard, winery and administration, Brigid has served 30 years as a medical doctor working in General Practice, specialising in pregnancy care, birth and families, and then as a community geriatrician managing the physical and mental health of older people and then Hospice, ensuring that people can live life fully to the very end.
Beth Forrest
General Manager / Winemaker
Masters in Oenology from Adelaide University, Beth brings with her a wealth of knowledge, vibrancy, youth and an infectious passion for winemaking, continuing the innovative, cutting edge and the sometimes mad scientist theories that have made Forrest what it is today.