A collection of writing about New Zealand Wine
A summer’s evening sitting in the small outdoor room that owners Warren and Lorraine have built on their La Collina vineyard isn’t a bad way to spend the end of …
On the hillside, with new releases from Bilancia Read More
Trelinnoe Vineyard Chardonnay 2024 From a site that was the Cypress vineyard for the Lawsons, on Roys Hill – named for the owner’s historical ties to Cornwall. Interesting to note …
2 new Bilancia wines from the Trelinnoe Vineyard Read More
Albariño (called Alvarinho in Portugal) is one of the world’s most distinctive white wine grapes — known for its saline acidity, intense aromatics, and a sense of ‘coastal freshness’. Albariño’s …
Around the world in eighty grapes – Albariño Read More
After tasting a couple of pretty impressive wines from the Wairau River label at the back end of 2025, I contacted the company to see if I could scratch the …
A sit down with Lindsay Parkinson of Rose Family Estate Read More
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 …
The best wines of the Year – 2025 Read More
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
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? …
The WineFolio Christmas Cracker 2025 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
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 …
A visit to Johanneshof Cellars Read More
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 …
Shaky Bridge celebrate 50 years in Alexandra Read More