‘Non-NZ wines’

A Pinot Noir from a good-sized, family-run estate in Burgundy with vineyards in several regions. A translucent, bright but pale ruby-purple colour in the glass. Good concentration and lift to …

A wine from Oslavia in the Friuli region of Italy – next to the border with Slovenia. Made from Ribolla grapes fermented in Georgian amphorae buried underground, then aged in …

Another wine from the Naudé Estate in the Western Cape of South Africa – one of Martin Cahnbley’s excellent range of South African wines that he imports and is available …

A wine from Victoria, Australia – Mitchelton is in the Nagambie region, about an hour and a half drive north of Melbourne. An opaque burgundy-red in the glass. A voluptuous …

From an organic/biodynamic vineyard in Pewsey Vale, Eden Valley. A bright straw colour in the glass. The perfume is bold, with a distinctive oatmeal note over ripe stonefruit, citrus and …

A red wine from Mendocino County’s Redwood Valley, California – the vineyard was planted in the 1930s. A dense, opaque garnet red, with a brick red showing (with age) at …

Rounding out the rest of the box that was waiting for me on my ‘return to New Zealand’ – with a slew of bold reds from both Europe and Australia. …

Coming from the Upper Hemel en Aarde Valley, which stretches inland from the coastal town of Hermanus, South Africa – an area first planted in 1976. A translucent pale straw …