Registration Opens
22 April 2025
Judging
Date
23 & 24 March 2026
Winners Announcement
22 April 2026
22 April 2025
23 & 24 March 2026
22 April 2026
Sauvignon blanc / Sauvignon gris
Vintage 2024
89 Points
Ahi Kā is a trail-blazing wine business, producing outstanding single vineyard Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc wines in partnership with growers.
Founded by international award-winning winemaker Matt Thomson, who has thirty one Marlborough vintages under his belt, Master of Wine Sophie Parker-Thomson, and foundation grower John Blackmore, Ahi Kā disrupts the low-value, homogenous commodity model of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc by establishing high-quality, ethical and sustainable partnerships with growers that are long-term in nature.
The launch of Ahi Kā heralds their desire to inspire change in the Marlborough wine industry, creating higher, more sustainable returns for growers and a collective pride in high-quality product. Ahi Kā is a partnership where the growers are incentivised through a transparent model that rewards them directly for the quality that they produce and delivers higher quality, outstanding wines to Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc lovers that guarantee provenance and a way to connect with the land, grower and their ethos.