A collection of writing about New Zealand Wine
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 …
Bald Hills ‘Friends & Lovers’ single vineyard Rosé 2020 Read More
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 …
Winemaker series: Jane Cooper Read More
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 …
TINK Tropical Seltzer Read More
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 …
The WineFolio Crystal Ball Read More
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 …
Craggy Range: elegance & balance Read More
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 …
Urlar Pinot Rosé 2020 Read More
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 …
Hinton ‘Hill Country’ Pinot Noir 2018 Read More
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 …
Goshawk Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 Read More
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 – …
Tony Bish ‘Heartwood’ Chardonnay 2019 Read More
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 …
Hawke’s Bay: Napier and around Read More