Working with these growers, we have been influenced largely by the idea of making wine in “natural way”. We believe grape vines need to be grown in organic ways (preferably in Biodynamic way) and grapes have to be transformed to wine with minimum intervention by human hand, chemicals or additives. In this way, we consider, natural microbiological balance is maintained in the vineyard and the wine in process in the winery so that the real character of the terroir where the grape vines grow is truly expressed in wine in pure manner. This is the philosophical core of Sato Wines and we are excited that we apply this traditional natural winemaking method onto the healthy and lively grapes grown under the beautiful cool climate of Central Otago, New Zealand.
Our annual production is now around 30,000 bottles. Around 18,000 bottles from our home vineyard and 12,000 bottles from the other vineyards. So 60% of the total production belongs to our home vineyard and 40% is so called negocien wines. Our home vineyard, La Ferme de Sato, is still young but has already acquired some international reputation. We now sell our wines in 19 countries or areas, including New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Japan, UK, France, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Ireland, USA, Canada, Hong Kong, Macau, Mainland of China, Taiwan, Thailand, Philippines and Maldives.
