An afternoon at Askerne Wines
After trying a succession of really good, and pretty smartly priced wines from the Askerne label in 2020 – including a viognier that took out the Trophy for Champion wine …
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12 reasons to love Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay
So what is it about Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay? Over a couple of extended trips down to the region in 2020, it started to become apparent, by the end of the …
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Misha’s Vineyard Vertical Tasting – March 2021
Moving from Singapore, Andy and Misha Wilkinson spend eighteen months searching for the perfect spot to pursue a new passion – a patch of land that would produce heart-stoppingly good …
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Celebrating the 10 Year Anniversary of Folium
When Takaki Okada was growing up in Tokyo, Japan, he naturally had no inkling of the world of fine wine that he now inhabits as an adult living and making …
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The WineFolio Crystal Ball
Warning – none of this is to be taken too seriously… but I sat at the weekend, at the end of the first month of 2021 – with COVID knocking …
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Craggy Range: elegance & balance
It’s another lovely day in Hawke’s Bay when I drive down the road to have a look at Craggy Range at the beginning of December. I’m long overdue to spend …
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Hawke’s Bay – tasting through the regions
Winemaker Hugh Crichton (one of the nominees for ‘Gourmet Traveller New Zealand winemaker of the year 2020’) was the winemaker who, along with Maxime Cavey from Hawke’s Bay Winegrowers, took …
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A series: Selling wine in New Zealand – Part 5
A series of interviews and articles with a theme of buying and selling wine here in NZ. Part 5: The Sommelier. As part of the ‘Buying and selling wine in …
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WineFolio ‘Best of 2020’ wines
Welcome to the end of the year round up where I look at my ten favourite wines of the year. This time I’m not letting budget constraints get in the …
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Big Sky wines, Martinborough
On a recent trip to Wairarapa, between us we couldn’t quite find a time that worked for both the people at Big Sky wines and myself… so we resorted to …
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