A collection of writing about New Zealand Wine
A new Chenin from Esk Valley – it’s been seven years since the last one in 2013! From a new site – the Two Terraces vineyard we’ve featured elsewhere on …
Esk Valley Winemakers Reserve Chenin Blanc 2019 Read More
From perhaps the best known vineyard in the region, now owned by Giesen, comes this single vineyard expression Pinot Noir. A deep coloured cardinal with a little brick red to …
Giesen Clayvin Vineyard Pinot Noir 2014 Read More
This well regarded chardonnay from Hawke’s Bay has won a great many awards over the years, and had a hand in pioneering the ‘modern’ reductive chardonnay style with the distinctive …
Church Road ‘Grand Reserve’ Chardonnay 2018 Read More
Made by Master of Wine Sam Harrop, from a higher-altitude Hawke’s Bay vineyard. Lime peel, orange blossom and white cherry on the nose, with a hint of struck-match flinty reductiveness. …
Grand Amateur – The Watchmaker Chardonnay 2017 Read More
From Central Otago, and a great vintage, this multi award-winner (most recently the Champion Organic Red at NZ Wine of the Year) is made with fruit from Bendigo, Pisa and …
Peregrine Pinot Noir 2017 Read More
A Central Otago Chardonnay from a single vineyard site in Lowburn. Light lemon-green in the glass, with fresh tropical aromas of pineapple, cherry blossom and brioche on the nose. An …
Matt Connell Lowburn SV Chardonnay 2018 Read More
A North Canterbury wine, from a Biogro-certified vineyard. Pale straw colour, with apricot and white peach, plus an elderflower lift to the nose. The palate is rich and succulent – …
Terrace Edge Pinot Gris 2017 Read More
Fairly rare to find a New Zealand Tempranillo, the grape that made its name in Rioja wines – but here, from the great red wine district of Gimblett Gravels, is …
Trinity Hill Gimblett Gravels Tempranillo 2018 Read More
Made by Kate Radburnd in tanks at cool temperatures, with no oak. ‘Sur Lie’ indicates that the wine is kept on the dead yeast cells (lie) – these are then …
Pask Small Batch Chardonnay ‘Sur Lie’ 2014 Read More
Not shy of winning hatfuls of awards and medals, the latest vintage of this stellar Central Otago Pinot Noir just won another Gold Medal – at NZIWS this October. A beautiful …
Wild Earth Pinot Noir 2017 Read More