Pyramid Valley Orange
From North Canterbury – a blend of three vineyards. The fruit is whole bunch fermented in open-top fermenters, then aged in clay amphora and old barrels for around 6 months. …
Pyramid Valley Orange Read MoreA collection of writing about New Zealand Wine
From North Canterbury – a blend of three vineyards. The fruit is whole bunch fermented in open-top fermenters, then aged in clay amphora and old barrels for around 6 months. …
Pyramid Valley Orange Read MoreMade from top quality Chardonnay in coastal Hawke’s Bay, by this exciting Waikato label. A pale golden-green colour in the glass, with varietal aromas of grapefruit, nectarine, cashew nut, lemon …
Takapoto Estate Reserve Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2020 Read MoreFrom one of the oldest vineyards in Tasmania, overlooking historic Marion Bay. A bright ruby-purple colour in the glass. An immediate note of smoky oak on the nose, alongside black …
Bream Creek Reserve Pinot Noir 2022 Read MoreA Martinborough wine, from Alex and Leah’s organic 2-hectare vineyard. A green-gold in the glass – more colour than your average NZ Sauvignon blanc. Also different on the nose – …
Drummond Farm ‘Happy Jack’ Sauvignon Blanc 2020 Read MoreMade from 100% garnacha (grenache) from the Tarragona region of Spain – old vines which range in age between 25 to 70 years old. Perfumed with a brooding dark fruit …
Dosterras D.O. Montsant Garnacha 2015 Read MoreLabelled as ‘Ancentral Method’ – I’d call it a Pet-Nat – is made from hand-picked Abel-clone Pinot Noir, grown at Churton vineyards in Marlborough. The wines fermented with wild yeast, …
A Thousand Gods Brut Nature 2022 Read MoreA single vineyard wine from Hawke’s Bay. One of New Zealand’s top dessert wines, it usually has a splash of Viognier in the final blend. A bronzed straw colour, with …
Askerne Noble Semillon 2015 Read MoreA single vineyard wine from Gimblett Gravels Winegrowing District in Hawke’s Bay. A deep, inky purple in the glass. Perhaps the most approachable of all the Single Vineyard ‘1’ series …
Church Road ‘1’ Malbec 2021 Read MoreA Champagne from the Billecart-Salmon house – a blend of 37% Chardonnay, 33% Pinot Noir and 30% Pinot Meunier, using 70% Reserve wine. A very fine mousse of tiny bubbles …
Charles Le Bel ‘Inspiration 1818’ Brut NV Read MoreA tasting last week sees the opportunity to look at some of the latest releases from Penfolds. Tommys Champagne Bar is in the old Seafarers Building – a comfortable space …
The latest releases from Penfolds Read More