Wines of Ara are a company of wine professionals who are in the process of developing a new origin for wine within New Zealand’s most distinctive wine growing region Marlborough. This origin is Ara, an ancient river terrace composed of a large alluvial deposit laid down some 20, 000 years ago. The association of clay and gravel is rare in New Zealand but form the basis of many of the great Old World viticultural regions. Wines that carry the Ara origin embody a unique convergence of location and philosophy. These philosophies includes adapting viticultural techniques to the physical environment with close planted, high density, low yielding and dry farmed vines. This all combines to offer a point of distinctiveness which amplify and refine the quality of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir varieties resulting in wines of elegance and texture. “Wines of Ara” are a true fusion of tradition and innovation setting out on the pathway to producing wines of irreapproachable quality and stature.

"Enduring extremes of climate both grapevine and winegrower have overcome the challenges of rock, dust and mud to forge a wine of great complexity and finesse. The grapes that compose Resolute have been selected from the original plantings at the Heart of Ara. Ara is focal point, a place where the essential elements of land, climate, nature and people converge into a clear pathway towards great wine." (Winegrowers of Ara Winery notes)