ABOUT South pour
Born from our passion For great wine & good folk.
Founded and directed by Henry de Salengre, who, having spent years behind bars across the UK, Australia and Canada became captivated by the dramatic surrounds of Central Otago and settled in Queenstown New Zealand in 2016.
With a thirst for knowledge he gained the flagship WSET Lv 4 Diploma in Wines & Spirits with merit under Jane Skilton MW in 2020.
After time cutting his teeth in cellar doors, managing hospitality venues and orchestrating wine & beverage programmes for multimillion dollar hospitality precincts he was left unfulfilled.
The next logical move was to follow his heart, and spark a renaissance of wine offerings for the modern hospitality and retail landscape in New Zealand.
Together with co-founder Blake Sinclair who provides the prowess with numbers, the spark ignited to a flame, establishing South Pour in September 2025.