A collection of writing about New Zealand Wine
One of the great single vineyard wines from Villa Maria – the wines from this vineyard (including Chardonnay and Pinot Noir) have usually been excellent – and this new release …
Villa Maria Taylors Pass Sauvignon Blanc 2025 Read More
From this relatively new label, in the Fistonich Family Vineyards stable of wines, comes a Marlborough Pinot Noir. The grapes were grown in the Ballochdale Vineyard, high in the Awatere …
Obliix Pinot Noir 2023 Read More
The vineyard is located within the Waipara Valley of North Canterbury, on free draining, north facing terraces carved out of New Zealand’s Southern Alps by an ice-age glacier. It benefits …
Pegasus Bay Merlot Cabernet 2016 Read More
A wine from the Waipara Valley in North Canterbury. A slightly opaque, dense crimson colour in the glass. Complex and vibrant aromas of red cherry, blackberry, mulberry, blood orange and …
Mon Cheval ‘Pearson Estate’ Pinot Noir 2012 Read More
A Riesling made with hand-picked fruit from their Te Muna Road vineyard in Martinborough. A very pale steely-green colour in the glass. Aromas of lime, green apple, nashi pear, clementine …
Craggy Range Te Muna Road Vineyard Riesling 2023 Read More
For the ‘second sailing’ of the good ship Tasting Table, we presented our passports at Archie’s Restaurant in Newmarket and settled in for another evening of new wine discoveries around …
The Tasting Table – 1st April 2026 Read More
A white wine from Hawke’s Bay, and one that did much to bolster the region’s Chardonnay credentials – culminating in an award for ‘Best International Chardonnay’ for the 2021 bottling …
Church Road Grand Reserve Chardonnay 2016 Read More
Te Rehua is made using hand-picked fruit from the ‘Barton’ vineyard on Huangarua Road, in Martinborough – the 2016 growing season that was considered “exceptional” at the time, with no …
Escarpment Te Rehua Pinot Noir 2016 Read More
From the most southerly part of the Marlborough region – its unique position makes the vineyard ‘Marlborough’s first valley for budburst, but fog and cool breezes make it the last …
Astrolabe Kēkerengū Coast Pinot Gris 2022 Read More
Using Cabernet Sauvignon fruit from the Cornerstone Vineyard, in Gimblett Gravels area of Hawke’s Bay. The fruit de-stemmed and put into an amphora vessel. Plunged and then sealed up for …
Chateau Garage Amphora Cabernet Sauvignon 2023 Read More