Reviews

A varietal that it best known for dry white wines from Galicia in north-western Spain – now becoming widely planted in New Zealand – local Albariños won Gold medals five …

Yealands Estate Single Vineyard Albariño 2023 Read More

A return to taste a wine that I reviewed a couple of years ago, at the start of 2022. As a critic, it is a good exercise to see look …

Trinity Hill ‘The Trinity’ 2021 (updated) Read More

A wine from the Omaka Valley in Marlborough’s Southern Valleys region. Winner of a Gold medal in this year’s NZIWS recently. A light lemon-green colour in the glass. The perfume …

Rapaura Springs Bouldevines Vineyard Chardonnay 2023 Read More

Made by Ashleigh Barrowman, using fruit from the biodynamic Wrekin Vineyard in the Brancott Valley, Marlborough. Bottled under cork and wax. Unfined and unfiltered – a bright golden straw colour …

Siren Queens of Swords Chardonnay 2022 Read More

From the Dillons Point sub-region of Marlborough – the vineyard planted in an old cow paddock. Very pale in the glass, just a hint of greenish-gold colour. The scent can’t …

Rapaura Springs Bull Paddock Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2024 Read More

A Central Otago wine from a vineyard on a rocky and exposed northern ridge of free-draining loess gravels. The ten years in bottle shows a little in the colour, with …

Amisfield RKV Reserve Pinot Noir 2014 Read More

A wine from the Trinity Hill white label range – a Hawke’s Bay wine from sites across the region, and the 2023 vintage. A light green-straw colour in the glass. …

Trinity Hill Chardonnay 2023 Read More

From Waiheke Island in the Hauraki Gulf – one of a few of this varietal that does very well on the island. A pale golden straw colour in the glass. …

Mudbrick Reserve Viognier 2022 Read More