Brick Bay Wines

                       Welcome

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Brick Bay Vineyard is located in the Matakana wine-growing district, an hour's drive north of Auckland, New Zealand. The name of our vineyard refers to its location; the property opens on to Brick Bay,an attractive small bay overlooking Kawau Island.

Copper was mined on the island in the 1840s and 50s, with the buildings and towers of the copper mines using bricks made at Brick Bay. Although there are remnants of the mines and towers on Kawau, the pottery at the bay is long gone.

But the name remains and we have taken the brick tower image which also alludes to light-houses, as the symbol of Brick Bay Wines.

The lighthouse image is further developed in the name of our red wine, Pharos, (see under WINES) while a brick tower also forms the cornerstone of our house on the property which overlooks the bay.