Alpha Zeta was started in 1999 when leading New Zealand winemaker Matt Thomson, set out to produce a range of modern, fruit driven wines from the hills outside Verona. The aim was to work with growers (rather than buy bulk wine, which is standard among most wines from Verona at this price) to obtain ripe grapes (by reducing yields and picking later) and then, using Matt’s expertise, preserve these flavours in the finished wines. The result is a realization of the potential inherent in Veronese viticulture.

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Matt Thomson

White Wine Maker of the Year
International Wine Challenge 2008, London

“What most people don’t know is that I’ve been going to Italy four times a year for the last 17 years,” says Matt.  “Italy is a huge part of my life.”  He has been working with Liberty founder and friend David Gleave on the Alpha Zeta brand, which requires Matt to produce a high quality A to Z of Italian wines, where the first letter of the variety or style takes centre stage on the label.”
Yvonne Lorkin, Dish Magazine (NZ), April-May 2010