Wines
Daniel Schuster Wines
Waipara, North Island
“Daniel Schuster is one of the New Zealand’s eminent names, his career spanning four decades from researching viticulture in the early 1970’s at Lincoln University, winemaker at the first commercial winery in Canterbury at St. Helena as well as consulting at Ornellaia and Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars and authoring several books. All wines from Daniel Schuster Wine Ltd (est. 1986) are sourced from their three vineyards: Omihi Hill and Petrie in Waipara and Petrie in Rakaia.” Neal Martin, erobertparker.com
The winery is located in the fast emerging wine producing district of Waipara in North Canterbury. While many New Zealand wineries strive to produce intensely fruity wines with a bold influence from oak, Daniel Schuster Wines pursue a more refined style of wine that possesses subtlety of flavour, softness of texture and harmonious balance that is further enhanced by partnership with food.
The unique environments of the Estate Vineyards are ideally suited for the production of premium quality wine from Pinot Noir, Riesling and Chardonnay. Wines under the regional ‘Twin Vineyards’ label are made in a more supple style for earlier drinking while the vineyard ‘Selection’ wines are only made in the best vintages to genuinely reflect their special ‘terroir’ and are structured to reward longer term cellaring.
In recognition of his 36 year contribution to the wine industry, Danny Schuster was awarded ‘the Nestle Professional CHADS Directors Award’ in 2008 for Lifetime Achievement - “A person who, over an extended period of time, has shown outstanding commitment to the betterment of their chosen profession, is recognized throughout the industry for their continued presence in the marketplace and respected industry-wide for their achievements.”
Daniel Schuster and Gary Vaynerchuk