Month: May 2020

From Central Otago, and a great vintage, this multi award-winner (most recently the Champion Organic Red at NZ Wine of the Year) is made with fruit from Bendigo, Pisa and …

A Central Otago Chardonnay from a single vineyard site in Lowburn. Light lemon-green in the glass, with fresh tropical aromas of pineapple, cherry blossom and brioche on the nose. An …

A North Canterbury wine, from a Biogro-certified vineyard. Pale straw colour, with apricot and white peach, plus an elderflower lift to the nose. The palate is rich and succulent – …

Fairly rare to find a New Zealand Tempranillo, the grape that made its name in Rioja wines – but here, from the great red wine district of Gimblett Gravels, is …

Made by Kate Radburnd in tanks at cool temperatures, with no oak. ‘Sur Lie’ indicates that the wine is kept on the dead yeast cells (lie) – these are then …

Not shy of winning hatfuls of awards and medals, the latest vintage of this stellar Central Otago Pinot Noir just won another Gold Medal – at NZIWS this October. A beautiful …

First of a couple of aromatics this weekend – trying to go through the cellar a bit. Don’t know much about this wine… a lemon-gold in the glass, and has …