A collection of writing about New Zealand Wine
Tonight is quite the line-up of Champagne from the great houses – just in time for Christmas. Rarely do you get to have a sit-down tasting through such a quality …
A ‘Champagne Icons’ tasting at Glengarry Read More
Just ten days out from the big day – a large box of mystery wines landed from laithwaites.co.nz. Of course, it is my job to open them all and produce …
A box of Christmas cheer from Laithwaites Read More
Made from Primitivo grapes grown down in the heat of the ‘heel’ of southern Italy – a boisterous 15% alcohol. A deep burgundy purple colour, with ripe and plush fruit …
Cantina Sava ‘Ritardatario’ Primitivo di Manduria 2022 Read More
It has been 21 years since winemaker Alexandre Abel visited New Zealand, and it isn’t often that a label as renowned as Domaine Ponsot give a masterclass featuring the fabled …
Domaine Ponsot Masterclass Read More
A wine from the Yarra Valley in Australia, but certainly of interest to readers here, due to Lorraine and Warren making their Bilancia wines in Hawke’s Bay. A vibrant pale …
Leheny Gibson Chardonnay 2014 Read More
THE viognier from Condrieu – considered by most critics as the finest example in the world – from the producer that ‘saved the Condrieu appellation’ from extinction in the 1930s …
Georges Vernay Coteau de Vernon Condrieu 2015 Read More
Wine – and especially Champagne – is here for one very specific reason: to spark joy. There’s something about Champagne that makes moments feel bigger, brighter, and just a little …
A Champagne tasting at Glengarry Read More
Lapostolle is a spectacular winery set in the Colchagua Valley, Chile. The vineyards in Alpalta are certified organic and biodynamic – the grapes made into wines by winemaker Andrea León …
Lapostolle Apalta 2020 Read More
A Riesling from the Schlossböckelheimer Felsenberg vineyard in the Nahe Region of Germany. A youthful and pale lemon-green colour in the glass. The perfume shows grapefruit, lemon, green apple, chamomile, jalapeno, …
Dönnhof Felsenberg GG Riesling 2023 Read More
A Grenache from 150-year-old vines in the biodynamically-farmed Schlieb’s Garden Vineyard in the Barossa Valley. Quite pale and translucent in the glass – a delicate magenta-garnet colour. The nose is …
Reed ‘Coeur’ Grenache 2022 Read More