Riverby Estate is a boutique wine producer, occupying a prime site in Marlborough’s Jacksons Road heartland; in fact right next door to iconic Marlborough winery Cloudy Bay. The whole grapes are grown on the estate vineyard by descendants of the Matthews family, who have been farming the property for over 100 years. The Matthews farm was called Riverby and the original homestead, depicted on the Sauvignon Blanc back label, is still in use.

The Riverby name originated from the Opawa River and its tributaries, which meandered through the property. The river was diverted in the 1930s to stop Blenheim from flooding; creating what was eventually to become ideal grape growing land. The rainbow trout on the Riverby label is symbolic of the fish that used to swim where grapes are now grown. A major factor in Riverby’s success is the total control over all grape production on the single estate vineyard. With an impeccable track record build up over 22 years of grape-growing and 12 years of winemaking, coupled with continual innovation, relentless improvement in quality, increases in production and expansion into new markets, the future certainly looks exciting. Most exciting of all though is the realization that diversification need not obscure the history that has created the legacy that is Riverby today.