Could gorse wine be New Zealand's next cash crop?

Gorse has been plaguing the New Zealand landscape since the very first days of European settlers.

However, in a shed in south-west Christchurch, a group of hobbyists may have accidentally stumbled across a way to turn the prickly plant into profit.

The Pegasus Amateur Winemakers Society think their gorse flower wine is the answer.

"With different flowers you get different results and with gorse you see it has given us a golden looking wine," wine maker Dennis told TVNZ1's Seven Sharp's Julian Lee.

So, how does it taste?

"It's very coconutty, there's definitely the floral notes, I can taste the flower in there," Lee said upon tasting.

Now the secret is out, all it needs is a wily Kiwi entrepreneur to turn this flowery gold into New Zealand's next cash crop.