Rapaura Springs is proud to be a Marlborough based, New Zealand family-owned and operated business with intergenerational strength.

The team is a down-to-earth bunch who have been hands-on in building vineyards and significant winery infrastructure from the ground up. The story begins with two families brought together by premium Marlborough produce. Together they have forged a strong friendship and business partnership.

The Neylon family have a long, proud association with premium exports from the Marlborough region.

They were early pioneers of the green lip mussel industry and the first family to grow, process and export this premium product in the early eighties. In 1985 they purchased prime vineyard land in the Rapaura and Dillons Point subregions and started a business partnership with the Wiffin family.
In 2007, the first wine was produced under the Rapaura Springs brand. Since then, the brand has grown to be exported to more than 15 markets around the world.

Few would have predicted Marlborough’s rapid ascent to become one of New Zealand’s preeminent – and internationally renowned – wine-growing regions. From August 2023 the region’s winemakers and growers are celebrating 50 years of Marlborough’s official beginning as a wine region, and inviting the country to re-discover the depth of Marlborough wine.

Discover the history of our region’s wine brands and explore stories about our people and place that make it special here. https://www.marlboroughwinenz.com/2023

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