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Amoise Gamay Noir 2023
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Amoise Gamay Noir 2023

June 10, 2026 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

A wine made from fruit grown on the excellent Two Terraces vineyard in Hawke’s Bay. Amy Farnsworth utilises clay amphora in her winemaking and her wines are organic, grown with …

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Akarua ‘The Siren’ Pinot Noir 2023
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Akarua ‘The Siren’ Pinot Noir 2023

June 9, 2026 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

This is first vintage that Edmond de Rothschild New Zealand have released their top tier Pinot Noir from the 34 hectare vineyard on Cairnmuir Road, Bannockburn in Central Otago. A …

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Clearview Estate Reserve Chardonnay 2015
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Clearview Estate Reserve Chardonnay 2015

June 7, 2026June 7, 2026 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

An expression of Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay that you’ll find a few reviews of on Winefolio over the years (from multiple vintages) – and almost all of them at Gold Medal …

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Fromm Clayvin Vineyard Pinot Noir 2003
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Fromm Clayvin Vineyard Pinot Noir 2003

June 6, 2026 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

The Clayvin Vineyard in Marlborough’s Brancott Valley was established in 1991. It takes its unique name from the clay-based soils that lies beneath the vineyard. The complex clay profile varies …

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Seifried Riesling 2024
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Seifried Riesling 2024

June 4, 2026 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

A wine from the Nelson region – coming from the Seifried ‘Edens Road vineyard’. The producer adds that “2024 was the perfect season we enjoyed with low rainfall – in …

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Tony Bish Zen Chardonnay 2018
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Tony Bish Zen Chardonnay 2018

June 3, 2026 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

A re-visit to a wine I first reviewed on here back in 2021. It’s a Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay – made in their ‘Ovum’ egg-shaped, 2000 litre vessel of Taransaud french …

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Valli ‘Burn Cottage Vineyard’ Pinot Noir 2014
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Valli ‘Burn Cottage Vineyard’ Pinot Noir 2014

June 2, 2026 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

In the late 1990s, winemakers Claire Mulholland and Grant Taylor made wine together at Gibbston Valley Wines in Central Otago. Claire moved on to replace Larry McKenna as the winemaker …

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Auburn Northburn Riesling 2013
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Auburn Northburn Riesling 2013

June 1, 2026 - by David Walker Bell - 2 Comments.

From a riesling-only producer that made a range of wines from Central Otago, with vintages from 2009 to 2014. They made 884 bottles made of this expression. A brilliant straw-gold …

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Sam Harrop Omahu Syrah 2017

May 30, 2026 - by Steven Brunskill - Leave a Comment

With fruit from the Gimblett Gravels that was hand harvested in early April at 21 brix (due to a pending weather event) saw relatively low potential alcohol levels. 1000 bottles …

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Blank Canvas ‘Abstract’ Sauvignon Blanc 2023

May 29, 2026 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

A Sauvignon Blanc from Marlborough – this label makes a couple of expressions using fruit from the Holdaway Vineyard in the coastal sub-region of Dillons Point. A very pale, steel …

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