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What I think should be on your festive table this year (or on your Santa List!) It’s December, and after the year we’ve had, well be looking forward to a …

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I’m finally getting around to talking to Dr Rebecca Deed, who was my ‘panel leader’ at the Royal Easter Show Wine Awards this year. Rebecca is a Senior Lecturer in …

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Hawke’s Bay award-winning winery, Church Road, has released the next vintages of Church Road 1, its prized single vineyard offering. These single vineyard expressions of individual grape varieties tell a true story …

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Hidden in the heart of Marlborough, down a valley off the main highway is Spy Valley Wines – a family owned estate that has been called one of “the planets …

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It’s Day 2 of my visit to the Waipara Valley in North Canterbury, and an early morning call in to see Greystone. I’d written earlier this year about their innovative …

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I’d promised to call into No.1 Family Estate after a visit to Marlborough last year had not found time to drop in and talk to the team about their sensational …

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A perfect chance last night to catch up the winemaker of the Pinot Noir that came top in the WineFolio Top 10 Tasting at the beginning of July – Austin …

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As last year, I’m at Kumeu River in late July, to taste the new release Estate and single Vineyard Chardonnays as part of their CRU initiative for keen supporters to …

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On 17th June, I attended a presentation at Glengarry in Auckland – the subject being the Calvert Vineyard, where owner Owen Calvert was joined by Sarah Burton, who makes the …

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I’d promised to return to Northland after a couple of sensational visits, to Marsden Estate and then The Landing last year. This time, I’ve been asked to sit down and …

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