The best wines of the Year – 2025
Welcome to the end of the year round up where I look at my ten favourite wines of the year. This is what I consider to be the best of …
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A ‘Champagne Icons’ tasting at Glengarry
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 …
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The WineFolio Christmas Cracker 2025
What I think should be on your festive table this year (or on your Santa List!) OMG, it is already the 11th of December! How the heck has that happened? …
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Domaine Ponsot Masterclass
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 …
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A visit to Johanneshof Cellars
It’s a sunny Sunday afternoon in Autumn when I pull into Johanneshof Cellars. They are in the Marlborough wine region, but are along the road to Picton – a reasonable …
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Shaky Bridge celebrate 50 years in Alexandra
I’m talking to Mike Kush from Central Otago’s Shaky Bridge today, to hear about this label from the Alexandra sub-region, and their fiftieth year of producing wine. Mike tells me …
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The first releases from Chris Scott Wines
For someone who is so highly awarded and recognised in their field, Chris Scott has always been a winemaker who shuns the spotlight – letting his craft shine through the …
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Appellation Marlborough Wine, with CEO Michael Wentworth
It’s March 2025, and I’m meeting with Michael Wentworth for the first time, after a few email conversations – mostly around the selection of a dozen Sauvignon Blanc wines that …
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Art of Wine 2025
This collaboration between Great Little Vineyards wine merchants and Starkwhite Gallery is a highlight of the year for me. Each year is different, but each time the line up of …
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AMW Annual Collection 2025
Appellation Marlborough Wine (AMW) has released its Annual Collection for 2025. First launched in 2022, the initiative celebrates a benchmark selection of certified Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc that showcases the diversity, …
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