In 1855 Adam Jackson bought his first blocks of land in the heart of the Marlborough region, along with what was to become known as Jacksons road. The infamous gum tree known as the ‘Grey ghost’ was planted shortly after in 1867 on the land now known as our Homestead vineyard.

Fast forward to 1990 and fifth generation Jackson, John Stichbury planted the first vines on the homestead block, with their first wines released in 1991 – Jackson estate wines were born. Proceeding to go from strength to strength, taking out the coveted Sauvignon Blanc trophy at the London International wine competition in 1993.

In 2013 John and Jay Benton bought Jackson Estate with the intention of building on our fantastic boutique wine reputation around the world. In 2016 the Benton’s started building a pinot specific winery and cellar door which opened in 2017. Under the care of the Benton Family we continue to refine and further develop our Pinot Noir program with award winning hand crafted wines that we can share on a world stage.

We now have a 250 tonne winery, compromising of over 52 small batch tanks, and a unique cellar door.