Reviews

Destiny Bay is a Waiheke Island producer that I visited pre-Covid, and tasted through the range, both in barrel and in bottle – see my article here > https://winefolio.co.nz/?p=5201). The …

Destiny Bay ‘Mystae’ 2020 Read More

A wine from North Canterbury. A translucent green/lemon in the glass. Scented with grapefruit, lime, guava, candy apple, lychee, dried pineapple and juniper. The palate is tightly structured and basically …

Bryterlater ‘Svelte’ Riesling 2023 Read More

A wine from Villa Maria’s ‘Single Vineyard’ range – the Twyford Gravels vineyard sits right in the middle of the Gimblett Gravels, in Hawke’s Bay. A dense ruby colour, quite …

Villa Maria ‘Twyford Gravels Vineyard’ Merlot 2004 Read More

The 1999 Reserve wine from C.J. Pask – the Declaration was a Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot/Malbec blend from the Gimblett Gravels, by winemaker Kate Radburnd. An opaque inky deep red colour in …

C.J. Pask Declaration 1999 Read More

This Pinot Blanc is grown at Mount Edward’s Morrison vineyard in Central Otago. A pale gold in the glass, with flashes of a silvery green at the edges. A piquant, …

Mount Edward Pinot Blanc 2023 Read More

A prestigious wine – it won the Trophy for Pinot Noir/Burgundy at the London International Wine Challenge in 2001. At the time, that was the ever non-French wine to win …

Gibbston Valley Reserve Pinot Noir 2000 Read More

A Marlborough wine – from the Wairau Valleys. Well presented, with a classy, arty pink label. A pale copper-coral pink colour in the glass. Perfumed with summer berries – red …

Lake Chalice ‘The Falcon’ Rosé 2023 Read More

Made from the oldest organically-farmed Syrah vines in the country – in the Gimblett Gravels sub-region of Hawke’s Bay. The names comes from speculation that the clone of Syrah they …

Stonecroft Serine Syrah 2022 Read More

A red blend of 78% Petit Verdot, 14% Syrah and 8% Grenache, from the Bay of Islands. Quite rare to find either a blend of these varietals, or to see …

144 Islands ‘Remy Jacob’ 2023 Read More