The Hawke's Bay region has produced wine since the arrival of the first European settlers in the 1850's, with the first commercial winery established in the 1890's.

In the century since then, the vineyard area has expanded to become the second largest wine producing region in New Zealand.

Overstone's vineyard and its North Island winery is based near Hastings, Hawke's Bay, on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand.

It has a southern latitude of 39° and a climate similar to that of some of the great wine regions of the world.