Small is beautiful!

Tim and Margaret Coney founded Coney Wines on a 16-acre bare paddock in Martinborough more than 25 years ago. Not without much encouragement, the old barren sheep paddock quickly turned into a thriving 24/7 bustle of business of vine-tending, winemaking, marketing and restaurateuring. With each operation undertaken in the hallowed, self-flagellating Martinborough tradition - by manual labour!

Be it leaf-plucking or bunch-thinning by hand in the vineyard to ensure unblemished or perfectly ripe fruit, our aim is to pay keen attention to detail. And so the old-fashioned notion that small is beautiful, that honest sweat produces happiness has always been the guiding principle.

The aim and guiding principles continue today with the ownership mantle of Coney Wines passed to long-time wine-maker and daughter Lisa, and son-in-law Rusty in 2022. The Coney legacy of a small family-owned winery producing a range of beautiful wines that go perfectly with food, family and friends remains in place!