Named after the ship that in 1827 charted and explored the Marlborough Coast, Astrolabe is a personal project for winemaker Simon Waghorn and his wife, Jane. Astrolabe produces a range of wines that express the purity and intensity of fruit flavours naturally afforded by the climate and soils of the Marlborough region. All grapes are sourced from unique Marlborough sites, carefully chosen to add complexity and completeness in the wines.

As a region full of stories and larger than life characters going back centuries, Champagne owes much of it's history, success and renown to it's women. Indeed, while most Champagne houses take their names from the men who founded them, it could in fact be argued that the most well known and influential of all the names in the area belong to powerful and innovative women. For the annual Champagne tasting at our Takapuna store we pay homage to these grand ladies; Lily Bollinger, Jeanne Alexandrine Louise Pommery, Mathilde Emilie Laurent-Perrier, Olga, Chantal and Angeline Lassalle, and of course Madame Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot. Only fitting, of course, that Glengarry's own extraordinaire dame de Champagne, our General Manager Liz Wheadon, will be back to present their stories and take us through a tasting of their excellent cuvee.