Welcome to Our world

Welcome to Fernbank, our small family vineyard in Waipara, North Canterbury.

We're Matt and Helen Barbour, and since 2020 we've been farming this remarkable site organically, believing that great wine comes from listening to the land rather than trying to control it. Our mature vines, rooted in limestone and clay soils, produce wines shaped by both place and season.

The land provides consistency; the weather writes the story. Every bottle is an honest expression of where it was grown.