Theo Coles of The Hermit Ram has been making wine at the Limestone Hills vineyard in Canterbury, New Zealand, since 2012. The vines are naturally farmed and the wines are made with the minimal amount of additions and long, slow indigenous yeast fermentations. 

The grapes for Salty White are all fermented in whole bunches before part of the blend is aged in stainless steel, part in amphora, and two barrels are filled and left untopped up to develop a flor. These separate parts are then blended before bottling to create Theo's ode to the New Zealand coastline, an attempt to marry both the saline and floral elements of the Canterbury region.