A collection of writing about New Zealand Wine
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
Established in 1985, Negociants New Zealand is a distributor of premium wines from New Zealand and around the world. At the 2021 Negociants Fine Wine Tour, they will present a …
Negociants Fine Wine Tour 2021 Read More
A new release from Lorraine Leheny and Warren Gibson’s Bilancia label – I’m very keen to hear how this wine that we talked about in our epic interview in December …
New release: Bilancia Uvaggio 2020 Read More