A collection of writing about New Zealand Wine
Making the best use of their own Carter family vineyards & other boutique estates, Soho use three of the best NZ winemakers – James Rowan for Waiheke Island, Pete Turner …
Soho Family Vineyards – recent releases Read More
From Tempranillo grown on a single 0.6 hectare block in the Te Awa Vineyard, in the Gimblett Gravels. An early-ripening, quite rare, variety in New Zealand that is well suited …
Esk Valley Tempranillo 2021 Read More
One of Felton Road’s earlier vintages (in the first ten years) and not an easy year for the vineyards – yields were low but high quality. An opaque dark ruby …
Felton Road Pinot Noir 2005 Read More
It has been a couple of months since my last ‘wine adventure in a box’ from laithwaites.co.nz arrived – and it is funny how you can just drop back into …
A midwinter box from Laithwaites Read More
From Herzog’s organic vineyard in Marlborough comes this white Rhône blend of Viognier 50%, Marsanne (30%) and Roussanne (20%) – often regarded as a classic New Zealand version of this …
Hans Herzog Mistral 2018 Read More
From New Zealand’s northernmost vineyard – on the Karikari Peninsula. Sealed under cork, with a garnet-ruby colour in the glass. Plum, root beer, boysenberry, balsam, tamarillo, peppercorn, mocha and rose …
Karikari Estate Syrah 2019 Read More
I had the chance this afternoon to taste through the 2021 wines that have just been released from Escarpment, with Chief Winemaker Tim Bourne. 2021 was ‘a small yet exceptional’ …
Escarpment – single vineyard 2021 releases Read More
From organic Syrah fruit grown at Bridge Pa, Hawke’s Bay – an early pick and bottled unfined, unfiltered and not disgorged. Rosé in style, a cloudy copper-pink in the glass, …
Known Unknown ‘Roses’ Pet Nat 2022 Read More
A Yarra Valley wine – sourced during a recent visit to Timo Mayer’s property at Bloody Hill. The grapes are from Dixon’s Creek, and the winemaking is, of course, 100% …
Mayer Sangiovese 2022 Read More
A deep garnet-ruby red in the glass, with a vibrant perfume redolent of redcurrant, bramble, chocolate, black pepper, mint and boysenberry. The palate mirrors the aroma, adding more savoury flavours …
Mission Estate Syrah 2021 Read More