Reviews

A wine from Central Otago – a fresh look at a wine I first tasted in May 2020. A vibrant pale lemon-green in the glass, with a complex, toasty bouquet …

A single vineyard Bendigo wine, from this label’s first commercial vintage in 2008 – a rare 15-year old find, and a joy to taste over lunch this week. A clear …

A fairly rare varietal in New Zealand – this one from two sites in Gibbston Valley and Cromwell. ‘Alternative whites’ like this, or Albarino, Gruner Veltliner, Chenin Blanc and Viognier …

A rare wine from Martinborough, only made in exceptional years – and not often – I can only recall two other occasions I might have tasted this wine, from a …

A single vineyard wine from the Taylors Pass vineyard in the Awatere Valley, Marlborough. A striking deep, medium-gold colour in the glass. Beautifully aromatic, rich and spicy without any hint …

An updated review from me on this New Zealand sparkling wine, from their organic, biodynamically-certified estate vineyard in Bendigo, Central Otago, made in the ‘Méthode Traditionelle’ – a blend of …

A wine from their Bendigo vineyard, in Central Otago. Hand-picked, and a quarter of the blend fermented in older barrels. A vibrant lemon-green colour, with a deliciously appealing perfume. Varietally …

A Matakana wine, from a relatively hard-to-find hybrid grape varietal – more common northwards from northern Auckland. A lusty purple colour in the glass, and showing similarly dark and vibrant …