Villa Maria Estates

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Villa Maria Ltd. is a New Zealand wine company which was founded in 1961 by George Fistonic who still owns it. It has vineyards in Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, Marlborough and Auckland[1][2] [3].

A new winery was built in 2005 in Mangere, Auckland to replace the existing one, and a new winery opened in Marlborough in 2000[1][4].

Villa Maria owns two other brands Vidals and Esk Valley.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c David Hayward The University of Auckland: The Largest NZ Wine Companies in Cat. 3 (Over 2 million litres of production)
  2. ^ Villia Maria Vineyards: http://www.villamaria.co.nz/vineyards.php
  3. ^ About Us: http://www.villamaria.co.nz/about_us.php
  4. ^ Wineries: http://www.villamaria.co.nz/wineries.php
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