It's the festive season

We will be closing the winery at 12.00pm on Wednesday the 18th December 2024 and re-opening on Monday 13th January 2024.

Wishing you a safe and happy holidays!

Cultivating a unique, powerful range of ports that are created with you in mind.

Ports

Ruahine Ports make award winning fruit ports traditionally made like grape ports but aged with NZ native wood. Our ports match beautifully with wild meat eg the boysenberry port “The Roaring Red’ goes really nicely with Venison.

Plump Pheasant Plum Port

Awards: 2023 Silver, 2022 Bronze, 2021 Silver, 2020 Silver, 2019 Silver, 2018 Silver, 2017 Bronze, 2016 Best Fortified Wine Trophy & Silver, 2015 Bronze, 2014 Silver.
$50.00 incl GST

Roaring Red Boysenberry Port

Unmistakable intensity of Boysenberry with wood smoked caramel characteristics. Matches perfectly with strong wild game like venison.
$50.00 incl GST

Wild Wapiti Blackberry Port

Mountain Totara from the Ruahine Ranges has been toasted then aged with this Blackberry Port.
$50.00 incl GST

Tawny Tahr Cherry Port

Our Cherry Port has traditional Tawny characteristics. Rich dark caramel with a little nuttiness from the cherry stones.
$50.00 incl GST

Golden Trout Feijoa Port

A great Summer Port or addition to a cocktail. Try on ice, with champagne or lemonade and mint.
$50.00 incl GST

Captain Cooker Apricot Port

Apricot port is thick and luscious, similar to an apricot schnapps as it has a slight citrus note.
$50.00 incl GST

Cheeky Quail Black Currant Port

Black Currant Port is dark red colour, its sour sweet fresh taste is an ideal blend of fruit, sugars and black currant spirit, bringing with them many nutritional and medicinal benefits.
$50.00 incl GST

Gift Box Double

Add-on for two purchased Ports for an extra special gift.
$10.00 incl GST

Frisky Fallow - Limited Edition

Sweet velvety plum Reserve with wild berries.
$50.00 incl GST

Grumpy Goose - Limited Edition

Trophy winning Boysenberry Port with earthy Blackberries blended with Organic Cacao and three types of Whisky. Canadian, Irish and a NZ Manuka. That will unruffle the feathers for sure!
$50.00 incl GST

Randy Rabbit - Limited Edition

Delectable raspberry port while being a perfect tart.
$50.00 incl GST

Sweet Somethings - Limited Edition

Silky, sweet and smooth Strawberry Port
$50.00 incl GST

Witches Brew - Limited Edition

An enchanting magik elixir.
$50.00 incl GST

Totara Reserve

Mountain Totara perfectly suits the boysenberry because of its chocolate and smoky aromatics.
$65.00 incl GST

Red Beech Reserve

We siphoned the best of our plum port and aged it with the wood to become a reserve with smooth, buttery, caramel flavours that is subtly special.
$65.00 incl GST

Gimpy Goat Limited Edition.

Summer berries and stone fruit blended to perfection! The Gimpy Goat is a wonder and a marvel that he exists at all. Dodging logging trucks and bullets, he shall never fall. This crazy concoction, bizarre circumstance, blends of Summer and Magic makes you trip and dance. Not gold, rose or red, its juicy and wild spice, a Melanie special. Great in cocktails and on ice.
$50.00 incl GST

Jungle Juice Limited Edition

An amazing Tropical Port. Imagine Mangoes,Pineapples, Passionfruit with Summer stone fruit and feijoas crushed and blended into the most exhilarating port you have ever tried!
$50.00 incl GST

The Roar Limited Edition

A Tawny Port Reserve and trophy winning Boysenberry Port with Manuka Whisky. Gold medal 2024 Silver Medal 2023
$50.00 incl GST

Crusty Cray Limited Edition

A fruity light Tawny Port.
$50.00 incl GST