‘Non-NZ wines’

A Sauternes – Premier Grand Cru Classé – to match with a Tarte Tatin at the weekend. A light golden butter colour in the glass, with aromatics that are both …

A Barossa Shiraz, with fruit from Barossa Valley and Eden Valley. A dark, brooding, deepest purple colour in the glass; with aromas of boysenberry, coffee bean, cherry, star anise, cassis, …

The Trophy-winning Champion Champagne at NZIWS this year. Bright and light – in the glass and on the nose. Cider apple, golden peach, almond, apricot and lime flavours with a …

A deep ruby, garnet in the glass, with bold aromatics to match the colour. Raspberry, espresso, redcurrant, fig, roasted plum, morello cherry, tobacco and rose petal on the nose. Firm …

From the Lustau Almacenista range, where small Bodegas individual sherries are bottled and distributed by them. This producer has just 38 casks in the solera, bottled at 12 years old. …

A well-regarded Chardonnay – from Margaret River, in Western Australia. Restrained on the nose, with pear, fennel, red apple, lime zest, white smoke, green crushed herbs and honeysuckle aromatics. Tense …

A bold Spanish red, aged for 16 months in American oak barriques. Deep inky black-claret in the glass, with deliciously old-world styling and aromas of cedar, tobacco and old leather …

An impenetrable jet ruby-black in the glass, perfumed with bramble, rosehip, plum, cedar, roasted spices, cassis, camp-fire and eucalyptus. A lively, crisp acidity is laid over a dry, lean structure …

A McLaren Vale wine, from the excellent 2018 vintage – rebranded this year as a tribute to winemaker Ben Riggs father. An inky, vivid ruby black colour, with lush aromatics …