Terra Sancta Rosé 2019
From one of the pioneer vineyards on Felton Road in Bannockburn, with Pinot Noir fruit grown specifically for this rosé. I’m sure I’m not the only one who likes their …
Terra Sancta Rosé 2019 Read MoreA collection of writing about New Zealand Wine
From one of the pioneer vineyards on Felton Road in Bannockburn, with Pinot Noir fruit grown specifically for this rosé. I’m sure I’m not the only one who likes their …
Terra Sancta Rosé 2019 Read MoreFrom the company’s Waipara valley vineyards in North Canterbury. The vineyards contain an unusual mix of Sauvignon Blanc clones, including some golden-hued fruit of Loire heritage (376 and 530, for …
Greystone Organic Sauvignon Blanc 2019 Read MoreNew Zealand Syrah is a wine that really speaks of where it is from, and this Gimblett Gravels Syrah – picked from across the blocks in the Craggy Range vineyard, …
Craggy Range Gimblett Gravels Vineyard Syrah 2019 Read MoreFrom Central Otago, a second look at this 2018 wine after it appeared in the ‘Top 10 Tasting’ a while back. Elegant and appetising nose, with peach, nashi pear, ginger, …
Te Kano Pinot Gris 2018 Read MoreFrom Estate-grown Martinborough fruit, a pale green-straw in the glass, with smoky, struck-match minerality immediate on the nose. Followed by a vibrant stonefruit waft of white peach and greengage, then …
Palliser Estate Chardonnay 2019 Read MoreFrom their organic Marlborough estate – one of the most amazing vineyards around. Dark ruby, with effusive perfumes of red cherry, raspberry, lilac and blood orange, with smoky, savoury, mushroom …
Hans Herzog Pinot Noir 2014 Read MoreReturning to the ’20 vintage, and one of the Marlborough Sauvignon Blancs on the ‘Fine Wines of New Zealand’ list. Not shy, this has a vibrant nose of cut grass, …
Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc 2020 Read MoreA Bendigo, Central Otago, wine – from the company’s dramatic lakefront terraced vineyard. Gleaming pale golden yellow in the glass. Focussed and tense on the nose of peach, lemon blossom, …
Misha’s Vineyard Limelight Riesling 2016 Read MoreHand-picked fruit from Eskdale, Hawke’s Bay; given 12 hours of skin contact, and two years maturation in new French oak. Under cork, it pours pure golden straw into the glass, …
Eskdale Winegrowers Chardonnay 2010 Read MoreFrom the North Canterbury vineyards oldest ungrafted vines, made in exceptional years. A deep, ruby burgundy in the glass; with an elegant nose of plum, redcurrant, thyme, rosehip, black cherry, …
Pegasus Bay Prima Donna Pinot Noir 2016 Read More