An influential SE Asian Travel magazine discovers Brick Bay...'a wonderful cultural - and viticultural- destination....' Read more »
Next Magazine turns the spotlight on to Brick Bay Wines & Sculpture Trail in its focus on Matakana. Read more »
Singapore's gourmet magazine ('for those with a big appetite for food, wine, travel and luxury') puts the spotlight on Brick Bay.... Read more »
Trail Blazers. A new sculpture park provides seed funding to help top flight sculptors... Read more »
No one who has experienced the Brick Bay cellar door and Sculpture Trail would argue that it is a New Zealand cultural showpiece Read more »
Cuisine celebrates The Glass House experience and the unique sculpture trail. Read more »
The Matakana region is a rural area on the east coast of New Zealand... Read more »
Richard and Christine Didsbury have put slow-town Matakana on a fast track... Read more »
Just a little appalled by faux-European grandeur in the countryside? Read more »
NZ's only Master Sommelier focuses on Matakana in the American Sommeliers' magazine. Read more »
Don't just pass through the North Island village of Matakana, an hour... Read more »
There's nothing like hitting the north when everyone else is crawling south... Read more »
The sculptures in the new Brick Bay winery Sculpture Walk aren't the only works of art on the site... Read more »
The 15 top attractions in Auckland identified for Australian visitors - Brick Bay Wines and Sculpture Trail features in second spot!! Read more »
What was once a two-shop, drive through town is now a hip destination... Read more »
Artistry in Wine - at Brick Bay an intertwining of a passion for both wine and art. Read more »
To encourage you to stock up on your favourite wine brand, we have a tempting offer for you to wind up the year.Click here to read the full article.
A truly spectacular event is about to unfold at Brick Bay! From the 3rd of December Konstantin Dimopoulos will install ‘The Blue Trees’ as our Temporary Artist Project for this summer season.Click here to read the full article.
Is the warmth and sunshine inspiring you to get out in the garden? Perhaps these stunning gardening spades and forks by Tracey Tawhiao are just what you need.Click here to read the full article.
New Zealand is alive with the excitement of the Rugby World Cup and some friendly supporters have arrived at Brick Bay!Click here to read the full article.
Richard Wedekind’s Tor is another special new addition to the trail.Click here to read the full article.
We’re very excited to release this delicious red wine blended from our Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Merlot and Petit Verdot harvested in 2007Click here to read the full article.
250 metres of new boardwalk have been completed over the autumn, largely the work of Michael Drechsel, a German carpenter from Goerlitz.Click here to read the full article.
The new website for Brick Bay Sculpture Trail is revealed!
In a truly exciting development for us, we have partnered with Huka Lodge to present on Saturday May 28th, The Brick Bay Winemaker’s Dinner.Click here to read the full article.
Where is that voice coming from? Our new sound work Spoken Indexes by Dean Roberts may surprise, bewilder or amuse you as you walk the trail. Click here to read the full article.
Pinocchio...we’re delighted to present this fine-limbed, bronze-hued sculpture.....Click here to read the full article.
Check out Richard Wedekind's Gutterball before it moves to a new home in Melbourne.Click here to read the full article.
Following an unusually hot December and January, the vineyard is running about two weeks ahead of last year.Click here to read the full article.
Inspired by our Temporary Artist Project, families arrived at Brick Bay to join in the fun.
Read John Hurrell's review on Brick Bay Sculpture Trail, January 2011Click here to read the full article.
The Temporary Artist Project for 2011 has arrived! Rachel Walters and Layla Rudneva Mackay have cleverly created interactive huts around the Sculpture Trail for A Hut of One’s Own.Click here to read the full article.
The new Cork Oak Walk is a short loop on the Sculpture Trail where you’ll see our maturing cork oaks.....Click here to read the full article.
Spectacularly sited at the end of the Cork Oak Walk, is Brett Graham’s impressive Plot.Click here to read the full article.
Gutterball is Richard Wedekind’s stunning new sculpture on the trail. His largest piece yet created, Gutterball comprises five massive corten steel figures, referencing human interaction and environmental concerns.
In a recent Guardian article, British sculptor Anthony Gormley describes his latest and final work, addressing his ongoing concern - “where does the human being fit in the scheme of things?” Click here to read the full article.
Townie has been a popular work on the trail, delighting both children and adults alike. Ten Townie shoes have found their new home in Australia and we’re saying farewell to more shoes as they head to Epsom Girls Grammar School in Auckland. The school’s staff and students have fundraised for a new sculpture to become part of their Art Department and after visiting Brick Bay decided their hearts were set on Lauren’s work.Click here to read the full article.
A striking new sculpture by David McCracken has landed at Brick Bay. Incendiary Artwork is a gigantic bomb. Sitting quietly in a clearing this bomb threatens to explode, causing a raging fire throughout the bush. This volatile prospect is offset by the brightly coloured, playful nature of the work.Click here to read the full article.
The artist Liz Earth pays homage to the incredible nest-building skills of the thrush, who creates her home entirely from natural materials, using only her beak and claws.Click here to read the full article.
6275 vines and each one pruned by hand, carefully setting up the framework for the new season’s growth.Click here to read the full article.
The charming sculptures of Paul Dibble are the latest arrival to Brick Bay. To the Other Side has made a grand statement on the lakeside during the summer season and we’re thrilled to have two small scale bronzes from the same Immortality series join the exhibition. Click here to read the full article.
Our recontoured helipad makes dropping in by chopper for lunch or a walk around the sculpture trail a seamless experience. Phone us if you plan to fly in and we will send you the co-ordinates.Click here to read the full article.
What a pleasure to open a bottle of Pharos from the 2000 vintage, our first year making this remarkable wine.Click here to read the full article.
Certainly 2010 has been the Auckland region’s year to shine. Drought conditions have been kind to grapegrowers. With no disease pressure or impending ‘weather events’, fruit was harvested in optimum condition, with beautifully developed flavours.Click here to read the full article.
Not only is the vineyard a riot of colour, but the many claret ash, swamp cypress, liquid amber and various oaks on the trail add a colourful backdrop to the experience of contemporary sculpture at Brick Bay.Click here to read the full article.
What an amazing vintage so far……with the upper north in prolonged drought and farmers and those on tank supply praying for rain, grapegrowers are revelling in the conditions.Click here to read the full article.
Join in Matakana’s annual celebration of May. With the month marking the end of the grape harvest, local vineyards and other businesses promise plenty of special events and tempting accommodation offers.Click here to read the full article.
We're thrilled to have Virginia King's new sculpture, Step Lightly on the trail. Her previous Brick Bay work, Sliver, was sold and relocatedClick here to read the full article.
An exceptional crop of handpicked Pinot Gris, arguably the best in 13 years of harvesting this variety at Brick Bay, is now quietly fermenting in stainless steel tanks, redolent of pears, quince and great promise!Click here to read the full article.
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