About Us

Proprietors Bruce and Joy Peart now together with Johnny Leung own and operate their boutique Twilight Vineyard in the bountiful and picturesque Clevedon Valley, south east of Auckland City.

Bruce and Joy in the delightful tasting room

Twilight Vineyards consist of an eight hectare Clevedon property, situated above the valley floor in the bountiful picturesque Clevedon Valley - just 1 kilometre from Clevedon Village. The vineyard was founded in 1996 by proprietor Bruce Peart. Twilight now produces 3500 cases per year.

When Bruce first began, Clevedon was a relatively new wine-growing district and to ascertain the suitability of the grapes produced on the vineyard, fruit was originally sold to an established winery. The winery subsequently won awards with wine made from the Twilight Vineyard's fruit. The vineyard's proven record for producing quality grapes motivated the Peart’s to have the wine made under their own label - Twilight Vineyards.

The emphasis is on growing the best quality fruit to produce only quality wines. Every care is taken to ensure optimum quality of the fruit at harvest time. All the grapes are hand-picked.

The first plantings were made in 1996 and what began as a hobby, soon became an all-consuming passion that has taken over their lives.

The Peart’s progressed from growing and supplying other wineries, to producing wine under their own label, with their first commercial vintage in 2001.

Bruce is very much a hands-on operator and can be found in the vineyard most days, absolutely devoted to getting the best possible fruit for their wines.

His wife Joy officially joined the Twilight team in March 2003 and is now an enthusiastic advocate for the Twilight brand.

Johnny joined the Twilight Vineyards at the beginning of June 2008.

The young Hong Kong born gentleman found his passion for wine when he studied hotel and events management in Switzerland. After completing his degree, he decided to go to Hawke’s Bay in New Zealand to further his study of Viticulture and Winemaking. He gained his first wine award after three months study in Hawke’s Bay, winning a Silver Award and was a Runner Up in a wine competition with his student wine.

After working in some of the most renowned wineries in New Zealand, Johnny decided to develop his own wine with his own style from his own vineyard and own winery.

The opportunity came when he met Bruce in the Clevedon vineyard. After hours and hours of conversation on topics from World War Two to politics, the two men soon realized they had interests in common and formed a bond. This has resulted in them working together

Following Bruce’s retirement decision, Johnny is now responsible of the day-to-day operation and future marketing of the Twilight Vineyards. He is committed to continue the Twilight brand and fulfill Bruce and Joy’s dream of producing some of the best quality wine in the region and developing the brand to a world acclaimed wine label.