Reviews

The icon wine from the Bridge Pa, Hawke’s Bay, label Paritua is aimed at making a wine that can sit alongside the best of New Zealand’s ‘Bordeaux Blend’ reds. Only …

An organic, vegan friendly and single vineyard Sauvignon Blanc from Marlborough. What sets this apart is the use of tannin extracted from green tea leaves (Camelia sinesis) in the winemaking …

A new wine to the Craggy Range line-up – coming from Clone 115 fruit grown on their Te Muna Road vineyards in Martinborough. A medium-density cardinal/ruby red colour in the …

A revisit of a wine that I first tasted back in 2024 – ‘Cumulus’ is a white wine made from a blend of two varietals – 80% Chardonnay and 20% …

A single vineyard wine, from the Gimblett Gravels sub-region of Hawke’s Bay. This was released from the excellent 2019 vintage and I tasted it on release – so today is …

Dry River in Martinborough started out as an aromatic white wine producer in 1979 before becoming perhaps better-known – as did Martinborough itself – for Pinot Noir. For me, these …

From Wanaka, and a part of their vineyard that has some of New Zealand’s oldest Pinot Noir planted. A dark ruby purple colour in the glass. The bouquet has plenty …

A wine from a low-fi producer in the Moutere region of Nelson – using organic fruit. This orange wine is a skin-fermented blend of Pinot Gris, Gewürztraminer, Sauvignon Blanc and …

From the 110 hectare Clos Henri Estate whose vineyards feature at least three different soil structures. A bright, translucent, very pale lemon-green colour in the glass. On the nose there’s …