At the suggestion of Consulting Winemaker and Vineyard Manager Ted Lemon, whom Marquis sought out, Burn Cottage has been farmed Biodynamically from inception. Burn Cottage has always been a fully functional farm with 10ha under vine and the rest of the estate devoted to cattle, chickens, beehives, olive groves and other flora and fauna native to New Zealand. The estate also produces its own compost and grows many of the components necessary for the preparations involved in Biodynamic farming. At Burn Cottage they believe that biodiversity is the cornerstone of a healthy farm.

Unlike many new world producers, Burn Cottage Vineyard does not make wine from simply "fruit". Burn Cottage makes wines from vineyard blocks with individual character traits on an estate property. All of their wines are fermented with their own yeast starters, cultured every year, from the vineyard itself. In the winery they employ only the lightest touch to allow the genius of their site and individual vineyards to shine through.