Unique and distinct are two words for Kotare Wines, made with grapes from a single vineyard in Marlborough, the main wine region of New Zealand.

Kotare wines are made by Riversleigh Estate Ltd, started in 1998 by Bruce Stapleton who was farming in the UK at the time. The Kotare label honours the Maori name for the Sacred Kingfisher, a New Zealand native bird attracted to the Gibsons creek which runs throughout the original vineyard in the Wairau Valley.