A collection of writing about New Zealand Wine
Made by Master of Wine Sam Harrop, from Hawke’s Bay fruit. A vibrant straw-gold with flashes of green to the rim. A bouquet of nectarine, mandarin and lemon zest is …
Sam Harrop ‘Grand Amateur – Watchmaker’ Chardonnay 2021 Read More
A Pinot Noir from North Canterbury – certified organic and biodynamic fruit from the producer’s Home Vineyard. A mid-ruby red colour in the glass. A smoky, floral and fruity perfume …
Black Estate Home Pinot Noir 2022 Read More
The iconic Hawke’s Bay producer has now reached its 50th year, and a showcase of the 2022 vintage wines showed just how accomplished their range now is, across the board. …
2022 releases from Te Mata Read More
An Albariño from the Mangatahi Terraces area of Hawke’s Bay. A pale lemon-green in the glass. Scented with white peach, lemon peel, fennel, pepper and elderflower on the nose. That …
Swift Albariño 2023 Read More
A relatively rare single varietal to find these days – it used to be very common in California (I actually have a lovely piece of art – a label from …
Aluado Alicante Bouschet 2022 Read More
Made from Gisborne grapes in the Eastland region of New Zealand. A bright green-straw colour in the glass. Perfumed with golden peach, grapefruit, kumquat and quince, there is also a …
Toi Toi Reserve Chardonnay 2022 Read More
A wine from the Marananga sub-region of the Barossa, – the biodynamic 100-year-old Schlieb’s Garden vineyard – in South Australia. A translucent ruby-garnet colour in the glass – light and …
Reed ‘Alexia’ Grenache 2022 Read More
The fruit for this Central Otago Pinot Noir comes from the company Bannockburn vineyards – 84% from Felton Terraces and 16% from Cairmuir. A deep burgundy-ruby colour in the glass. …
Mora Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2022 Read More
A traditional Tuscan wine, from the Castellina area of Chianti – old vineyards, and this wine from the time when the Lucherini Bandini family owned the land (it is now …
Tenuta Villa Rosa Chianti Classico 1985 Read More
From a couple of blocks in the Seaview Vineyard in Marlborough’s Awatere Valley. A dark ruby-burgundy in the glass. Good varietally-specific aromas of black cherry, bramble and raspberry overlaid with …
Yealands Estate Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2021 Read More