TAPI from ALTSCHWAGER + KENNEALLY Wines Launches China’s First-Ever Organic Certified Wine from New Zealand – 2025 TAPI Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc.
DEBUTS IN SHENZHEN WITH IMPORT PARTNER MOWINE. Certified by COFCC (China) who cooperated with BioGro (NZ), Launching New Organic Certification Business Under Mutual Recognition Framework.
Shenzhen, China – 01 September 2025 – Tapi Wines, a boutique organic winery from Marlborough, New Zealand, is proud to announce the launch of China’s first-ever certified organic wine from New Zealand, in partnership with Shenzhen-based importer MoWine. Launching with the TAPI Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2025 which has just received its official labeling from the COFCC.
The launch begins in Shenzhen, a city known for its innovation, sustainability, and sophisticated taste, making it the ideal location to introduce Chinese consumers to Tapi’s organically certified Sauvignon Blanc — clean, vibrant wines grown and made without synthetic chemicals or additives.
“This is a proud moment for us,” said Gus Altschwager, founder and winemaker at Tapi Wines. “We’re not just bringing New Zealand wine to China — we’re bringing the first New Zealand wine that is certified organic by the official Chinese certifier, COFCC. With this we will show TAPI wines are a honest expression of Marlborough’s terroir. And with MoWine’s deep knowledge of the Chinese market, Shenzhen is the perfect place to start.”
MoWine, a leading fine wine importer in southern China, will serve as Tapi’s exclusive distribution partner in the region, bringing these certified organic wines to top-tier restaurants, wine shops, and e-commerce platforms in Shenzhen and beyond.
WHAT MAKES TAPI WINES UNIQUE:
China’s first certified organic New Zealand wine
New Zealand’s most award-winning Sauvignon Blanc at the NZ Organic Wine Awards
Organic certification by BioGro New Zealand
Grown in Marlborough’s Wairau Valley, hand-crafted by the team at Altschwager + Kenneally
Naturally fermented, minimal-intervention winemaking
Elegant, vibrant Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, and Pinot Noir
ABOUT TAPI WINES
Tapi Wines is a small, family-owned organic vineyard based in Marlborough, New Zealand. Founded by winemaker Gus Altschwager and viticulturist Mark Kenneally, Tapi is dedicated to sustainable farming, low-intervention winemaking, and crafting expressive wines that reflect the purity of the land. Most of our wines are certified organic and made with transparency, integrity, and care.
ABOUT MOWINE
MoWine is a Shenzhen-based wine importer with a curated portfolio of premium, sustainably produced wines from around the world. Focused on authenticity, education, and quality, MoWine is committed to helping shape China’s evolving wine culture by connecting consumers to wines of real character and origin.
ABOUT COFCC AND BIOGRO
In 2016, China and New Zealand signed the Arrangement on Mutual Recognition of Organic Product Certification between National Certification and Accreditation Administration (CNCA) of China and Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) of New Zealand . This was the first intergovernmental organic product certification mutual recognition agreement signed by China with another country. In 2022, CNCA issued an announcement regarding the implementation of the China-New Zealand mutual recognition arrangement, marking its entry into the operational phase and initiating a new model for bilateral organic product trade between the two countries.
Recently, China Organic Food Certification Center(COFCC for short) reached a cooperation agreement with BioGro, New Zealand’s organic certification body. The two parties will engage in comprehensive collaboration in areas such as organic agricultural technology exchange, organic product certification, and organic product market promotion. Under this framework, COFCC has, for the first time under the China-New Zealand Organic Product Mutual Recognition Arrangement, issued a Chinese organic product certification certificate to a New Zealand organic wine certified by BioGro. This signifies the launch of COFCC’s new service area: issuing organic certificates to New Zealand organic product based on the mutual recognition arrangement.
This cooperation will lay a solid foundation for organic agriculture and organic product communication between the two countries. It will also effectively streamline the procedure for New Zealand organic product entering the Chinese market, helping to better meet the growing domestic demand for high-quality organic products.