Yealands extends large vineyard to neighbouring farm block

One of Marlborough’s last remaining conventional sheep and beef farms in the lower Awatere Valley has been sold to Yealands Wine Estate for vineyard development. Straits View Farm, a 266 hectare property owned by Ken and Shirley Marfell in the valley, was bought by the wine producers for $4.35 million. The land is on the boundary of the 1000 hectare Yealands Estate, near Seddon, and will be developed into a vineyard.