Yuzu has been one of Fruit Cru's most popular cuvées so you know they had to bring it back. 

This year Cosmo & Jesse have gone deeper, including a splash of pear for sweetness and a dollop of quince for our signature floral aromas. 

It’s fragrant and fresh with the unmistakable flavour of Japanese citrus (grown locally in Te Horo by the legend Neville Chun).

Not quite lemon, not quite grapefruit and not quite mandarin but amazingly vibrant and complex.

Fruit Cru is one of Aotearoa’s most exciting new‑wave cider and fruit‑wine producers. A Wellington outfit founded in 2021 by Cosmo Hawke and Jesse Phillips, working with organic growers across Te Horo, Kāpiti and the wider region. Their ethos is simple: organic or foraged fruit, wild ferments, no additives, bottled alive. They treat cider like natural wine; co‑fermenting heritage apples, quinces, feijoas, ume and other “ugly fruit” seconds into vibrant, unfiltered pét‑nats that express place, season and sheer creative energy. Their workshop in Te Aro hums with bubbling vats, stacked crates and a hands‑on, garage‑winery spirit that has quickly earned them a cult following in Wellington hospitality.