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Month: January 2021

Bald Hills ‘Friends & Lovers’ Single vineyard Rosé 2020
Reviews

Bald Hills ‘Friends & Lovers’ single vineyard Rosé 2020

January 31, 2021January 31, 2021 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

A Pinot Noir rosé, hand-picked during the amazing but COVID-affected vintage of 2020. The colour is spot on – an alluring pale, bright watermelon pink. Appealingly perfumed – quite a …

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Alexia Jane and Lesley
Winemaker Series

Winemaker series: Jane Cooper

January 31, 2021January 31, 2021 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

Most of the articles in the WineFolio winemaker series are face to face interviews, but although I did travel to Greytown for the opening day of the Alexia Winery and …

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TINK Tropical Seltz
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TINK Tropical Seltzer

January 31, 2021January 31, 2021 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

Seltzer seems to be this summer’s new tipple – a bit like Prosecco or Rosé in the last couple of years. I’ve seen heaps of varieties in the stores (and …

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The WineFolio Crystal Ball

January 28, 2021January 29, 2021 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

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
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Craggy Range: elegance & balance

January 26, 2021January 26, 2021 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

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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Urlar Pinot Rosé 2020
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Urlar Pinot Rosé 2020

January 24, 2021January 24, 2021 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

A new rendition of rosé from Jannine at Urlar – their first – made from their BioGro-certified Pinot Noir with an element of carbonic maceration in the mix. And it’s …

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Hinton ‘Hill Country’ Pinot Noir 2018
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Hinton ‘Hill Country’ Pinot Noir 2018

January 23, 2021January 23, 2021 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

From a steep hillside vineyard at Earnscleugh, near Alexandra, the wine is a dark ruby, burgundy colour in the glass, with a spicy, dried herbal nose of thyme, budhleia, star …

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Goshawk Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
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Goshawk Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

From Hawke’s Bay, this is the solo project of one of the region’s premier winemakers. Unusual to find a pure New Zealand Cabernet Sauvignon, and this bold wine from premium …

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Tony Bish ‘Heartwood’ Chardonnay 2019
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Tony Bish ‘Heartwood’ Chardonnay 2019

January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

From the Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay specialist – this has an opulence to the aromas of peach, vanilla bean, flint, mandarin, roast almond and citrus blossom. Intense, concentrated and rich – …

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NZ Wine Regions

Hawke’s Bay: Napier and around

January 20, 2021March 30, 2021 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

This is the latest of our sub-regional guides to Hawke’s Bay – this time we’ll be looking at the wineries that you reach heading from the north, and then the …

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