The winery was designed and constructed in 1902 by the New Zealand government as the country's first viticulture research station.
A Kiwi wine company, part owned by British talk show host Graham Norton, has moved into the historic 114-year-old winery.
The irony is when we first moved to Te Kauwhata, we were surrounded by grape vines. Unfortunately nearly all of them have been ripped up and houses have been built.