Journal

Matt Wins Top Honours at New Zealand Wines of the Year Awards

Today feels like a particularly meaningful Waitangi Day for us at Blank Canvas. Although we’ve been holding onto this news for a few weeks now, it has finally been announced... Read more...

Kindness, shared passions and many middle fingers: Vale James Healy

Our dear friend, mentor, cards comrade and blind tasting pal left this world suddenly last week, and with it a huge void has ruptured not just in our lives personally,... Read more...

Sip & Savour: Lemon Tart & Blank Canvas 'Meta' Riesling

This sumptuous Lemon Tart, with its flavoursome gluten‑free shortcrust pastry and luscious, tangy filling, is the ideal finale to any meal — beautifully complemented by our new release Blank Canvas... Read more...

Fourteen Years of Grüner Veltliner: A New Chapter at Axehouse Vineyard

We have been making Grüner Veltliner for fourteen years from New Zealand vines, and were among the very first in the country to try our hand at this distinctly intriguing... Read more...

Welcome to our New Home

Blank Canvas Backs Marlborough’s Fine Wine Future with New Vineyard Acquisition From day one Blank Canvas has celebrated the precision and purity that come from single‑vineyard sites; every vineyard a... Read more...

Introducing our New Releases

As Spring inches closer, we are thrilled to turn our attention to releasing our latest, dynamic cast of new vintages as well as guiding the first of our 2025 wines... Read more...

Recent International Media Coverage to Celebrate

A comprehensive New Zealand report recently published on JancisRobinson.com features Blank Canvas’ Settlement Vineyard during harvest this year as the cover photo (see above). Within the report, seven of our wines... Read more...

Erin Larkin's Latest Reviews for Wine Advocate

Reviews for our current release wines are continuing to flow, and we are happy to share some recent excellent coverage from Erin Larkin for Wine Advocate. Particular highlights were our 2023... Read more...

Blank Canvas announced a Top NZ Winery in Viva Awards 2025

Last week, the Viva Wine Awards unveiled its “Top 50 New Zealand Wineries for 2025” list in the NZ Herald, and we’re honoured to appear alongside an impressive mix of... Read more...

Sip & Savour: Grilled Mussels & Abstract Three Rows Sauvignon Blanc

If you know us, you’ll know there’s nothing we love more than entertaining with good food and wine. We're lucky that Emily does too, and so we found little excuse... Read more...

Blank Canvas 'Abstract' crowned in Vinous 2025 New Zealand White Report

Vinous editor Rebecca Gibb MW has compiled her comprehensive report on New Zealand white wines, entitled ‘New Zealand Whites: Never Gonna Give You Up’, following her trip in February this... Read more...

'Tano' a big hit in Decanter NZ Chardonnay article

‘Why now is the time to embrace New Zealand Chardonnay’ is the title of Master of Wine Emma Jenkin's latest article in Decanter magazine. She opines (and we couldn't agree... Read more...