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The story
Quartz Reef is Central Otago’s Sparkling House: organic & biodynamic, crafted in-house, and shaped by the traditional method since 1998. Our style is crisp, dry, with fine mousse and bright citrus. Complete on its own and magical with seafood, salt, rich dishes, and all the celebrations worth raising a glass to.
Our house style is a signature you can recognise vintage after vintage — built on the quiet discipline of doing the hard parts well, repeatedly. The most admired producers are admired for exactly that: consistent quality and an identity that holds over time. Quartz Reef was built the same way, just at the edge of the world in Bendigo, Central Otago.
Bright light, cool nights, and a long growing season give us the foundations our house style depends on: precision, natural acidity, and clarity of fruit — the bones of elegance. And then we do the patient part: traditional method, made in-house, and given time on lees to build texture and complexity.
When we say Sparkling House, we mean sparkling is not an occasional side project, it’s a craft we’ve committed to.
Certified organic & biodynamic, estate grown
This means the vineyard isn’t treated like a raw-material factory. It’s farmed as a living system so the wine tastes more alive, detailed, and shaped by place.
Traditional method, crafted in-house since 1998
This meansthe fine bubbles and texture are created the classic way: with control, time, and skill, not shortcuts.
A house style you can trust: crisp, dry, fine mousse, bright citrus
This means you can order it with confidence, whether you’re choosing for yourself, your table, or the people you want to impress (quietly).
Our Méthode Traditionnelle range
We make a focused collection of premium traditional-method sparkling wines from biodynamic Bendigo fruit:Brut NV, Rosé NV, Vintage Blanc de Blancs, and Vintage Rosé.
Each wine is shaped by extended lees ageing, precise acidity, and Central Otago clarity.
Where to start
Brut NV – our signature: bright, dry, refined, and food-first.
Rosé NV – celebratory, still crisp and dry, with extra charm at the table.
Vintage Blanc de Blancs– layered and precise: the house style in its most detailed expression.
Vintage Rosé – for the moments that deserve a little more colour and ceremony.
Food-first by design
Sparkling is one of the most versatile wines at the table—especially when it’s dry with fine mousse.
Perfect matches
- oysters, sashimi, ceviche
- anything salty and crunchy
- roast chicken, creamy sauces, rich bites
- the first pour of the night (and the second)
Why Central Otago sparkling is different
New Zealand is well positioned to make world class sparkling and right down in the far South, Quartz Reef’s difference is place + practice + time:
Central Otago’s light and temperature range brings vivid fruit clarity and natural tension
biodynamic and organic farming keeps the fruit honest
since 1998, we’ve refined a house style built for food and celebration
FAQs
Is Quartz Reef sparkling sweet?
No. Our house style is crisp and dry with bright citrus and a clean finish.
What does “traditional method” mean?
It means the bubbles are created by a second fermentation in the bottle, the classic method used for Champagne, building finer mousse and more texture over time.
What does biodynamic/organic mean for the taste?
It tends to show up as purity and detail. Cleaner fruit expression, more “place,” and a sense of energy in the wine.
Discover Central Otago’s Sparkling House
Explore the Quartz Reef Méthode Traditionnelle range—crafted in-house since 1998, organic & biodynamic, crisp and dry with fine mousse and bright citrus.
