A collection of writing about New Zealand Wine
Giesen Group has once again received the prestigious New Zealand Winery of the Year award from the Melbourne International Wine Competition, in addition to five Gold medals among other awards. …
Giesen wins NZ Winery of the Year Award Read More
The annual report from NZ Winegrowers is out now – take a look on www.nzwine.com/media/20163/nzw_annualreport_2021_final_web_lr.pdf In a difficult 2021, it’s the first year in a decade that wine exports are …
NZ Winegrowers Inc. Annual Report ’21 Read More
I was over at the Cellar Door in Kumeu last weekend pre-lockdown, and bumped into Paul Brajkovich passing through (well, truth be told… he sold me a large bottle of …
Paul Brajkovich on the 2020s releases from Kumeu River Read More
Critics James Suckling and Nick Stock have awarded a perfect score to 2020 Mate’s Vineyard Chardonnay. This is only the second New Zealand wine to receive 100/100 from JamesSuckling.com 100 …
Kumeu River Mate’s Vineyard Chardonnay 2020 scores a perfect 100pts Read More
After nine months, Villa Maria has been bought by New Zealand-owned wine company Indevin, which says it plans further investment in the brand. Privately owned Indevin makes wines for wineries …
Villa Maria set to be sold to Indevin Read More
Rockburn Wines opens its new tasting room, the Rockburn Stables, at the Gibbston Tavern this week – just in time for the start of the ski season and school holidays. After …
Rockburn Stables opens at Gibbston Tavern in time for winter Read More
Looking at some of the figures released recently about the 2021 vintage – overall harvest was down 19% across the country, although Central Otago recorded an increase of 21%. This …
Reports on the 2021 vintage Read More
Hawke’s Bay winery Sacred Hill has been put up for sale by its receivers. A notice in Friday’s edition of the Hawke’s Bay Today newspaper said the receivers of Sacred Hill were looking …
Sacred Hill winery for sale Read More
News of a new wine tasting competition over the weekend – The New Zealand Sommeliers and Wine Professionals will hold a series of regional competitions in June/July 2021 to bring people together …
New Zealand Wine Tasting Competition Read More
Judging for the Royal Easter Show was a close-run thing – back in February we’d just come out of another Level-3 lockdown in Auckland which had restricted travel, leaving organisers …
Royal Easter Show Wine Awards 2021 results (and lunch) Read More