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Ngā Mihi Albariño 2024
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Ngā Mihi Albariño 2024

May 8, 2025 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

A white wine made by GroCo – the company name of the Gisborne Wine Growers Co-operative, representing over thirty local wine growers. Winemakers Mark Thompson and Anita Ewart-Croy make the …

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Craggy Range Aroha Pinot Noir 2015
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Craggy Range Aroha Pinot Noir 2015

May 7, 2025 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

A Pinot Noir from their ‘icon range’ of wines – made from Te Muna Road vineyard fruit, grown on the outskirts of Martinborough, Wairarapa. A dense, bold purple colour in …

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Astrolabe Wrekin Chenin Blanc 2016
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Astrolabe Wrekin Chenin Blanc 2016

May 6, 2025 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

From the Wrekin vineyard in Marlborough’s Southern Valleys sub-region. With some bottle age, this has a pale golden glow in the glass. The bouquet shows spice and a very alluring …

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De la Terre Reserve Viognier 2015
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De la Terre Reserve Viognier 2015

May 4, 2025 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

The second ten-year old Hawke’s Bay Viognier to cross my path in a few days, after the Falconhead 2014 (www.winefolio.co.nz/?p=12483 ) last week! A pale steely green colour, with flashes …

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Oraterra Pinot Noir 2023
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Oraterra Pinot Noir 2023

May 3, 2025 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

A new wine from the well-established McCreanor Vineyard in Martinborough – where Wilco Lam and his team have found a new home for their Oraterra label. A deep plum-ruby colour …

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Misha’s Vineyard Lyric Riesling 2022
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Misha’s Vineyard Lyric Riesling 2022

May 2, 2025 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

A dry style of riesling from a single vineyard in Bendigo, Central Otago. A translucent silver-green in the glass. The bouquet is buoyant with flavours of lime, apple, satsuma, preserved …

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Astrolabe Wrekin Vineyard Pinot Noir 2020
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Astrolabe Wrekin Vineyard Pinot Noir 2020

May 1, 2025 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

From one of Marlborough’s ‘name vineyards’ in the Southern Valleys sub-region. A shining ruby-burgundy colour in the glass. Damson plum, rosehip, elderberry, cherry, incense and liquorice sit amongst lavender, lilac …

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Terra Sancta ‘Slapjack Block’ Pinot Noir 2015

April 30, 2025 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

One of three single block Pinot Noirs, Slapjack Block is located in the heart of the Terra Sancta Estate – the oldest vines in Bannockburn, planted in clay soils in …

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Te Motu Tipua 2019
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Te Motu Tipua 2019

April 29, 2025 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

According to Te Motu “In Maori legend, Tipua is a shape-shifter. The Tipua wine is only made in an exceptional vintage and only then when one variety from that vintage …

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Savage White 2023

April 27, 2025 - by David Walker Bell - 2 Comments.

Made by Duncan Savage, using a blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon, often with smaller amounts of other whites from the Western Cape in South Africa – the blend of …

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