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Buy OnlineAfter spending a decade making wine in the Cahors region of South-West France, as well as collectively working forty plus vintages across nine different countries; Simon and Lauren have returned back to New Zealand to make wine under their own label ‘A Thousand Gods’. Their aim is to make wines they can call their own, both representative of site, yet in their own way, surprisingly unique.
Working closely with their biodynamic grower in the Waihopai Valley of Marlborough, meticulously farmed grapes are hand-picked and undergo wild fermentation. No additions, fining or filtration processes are used. Instead, thoughtful guidance into becoming wines that are generous and approachable, yet also complex and cellar-worthy.
Winery notes (2022 Vintage)
"This first release of Boat In The Woods sees Viognier picked at precise ripeness and then direct pressed to old oak, full malo and 11 months on lees before racking and bottling with no additions or sulphur (as always with all our wines).
The resulting wine shows typical varietal Viognier aromas of pineapple, coconut, clove and orange blossom kept in check by Churton vineyard restrained elegance and acidity, a gin-and-tonic-esque gentle grapefruit bitterness on the finish and hallmark A Thousand Gods length and texture. Unfined, unfiltered, no added sulphites…
Our name is inspired by an expression in Occitan 'miladiou' (mille-dieux in French). Occitan was the language spoken in the south of France prior to French, and certain dialects of Occitan can still be heard in rural areas of southern France today, although the language is gradually dying out. “Miladiou!” is an exclamation of surprise that can be used in a myriad of situations and an English equivalent would be Blimey! or Holy Cow! but it literally translates as “A Thousand Gods!”"
