Winemaker series: Hugh Crichton
On a bright Autumn morning, I’m back at Elephant Hill in Te Awanga. This time it is to have a catch up with winemaker Hugh Crichton – to see what …
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Rapaura Springs Bull Paddock Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2022
From the Dillons Point sub-region of Marlborough – the vineyard planted in an old cow paddock. A translucent very pale, green-gold in the glass, with echoes of those classic Marlborough …
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Another box of discovery from Laithwaites
We’re back to the fun of the fair tonight, with another mystery box of goodness delivered from those wine experts at Laithwaites. You’ll remember back in May this year when …
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Church Road Grand Reserve Chardonnay 2020
Winner of many awards over the years – including a prestigious Best in Show award at the Decanter WWA this year. Made from Tuki Tuki valley fruit in Hawke’s Bay. …
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Leveret & Mills Reef unveil two new ‘Arthur Edmund’ wines
The Arthur Edmund range is the most exclusive red wine in the award-winning Leveret & Mills Reef portfolio. These wines are limited releases produced as only a few hundred bottles, …
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Tohu Whenua Matua Chardonnay 2019
From the Upper Moutere region of Nelson. Keenly aromatic, youthful and accented with a smoky, flinty crushed-shell minerality. Hazelnut, lemon peel, pink grapefruit, baking spice and white peach on the …
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A winter’s evening tasting of Syrah – ABA
Back to our regular monthly tasting group, and I’m liking this move to tasting a range on a theme, but now at top quality restaurant venues. Wine, to me, is …
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Smith & Sheth CRU Heretaunga Chardonnay 2019
From a couple of vineyards in the Bridge Pa and Gimblett Gravels sub-regions of Hawke’s bay. A bright pale gold in the glass, with equaly bright aromatics of nectarine, muesli, …
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Trinity Hill The Gimblett 2021
Delighted to get to try this much-lauded wine from the Gimblett Gravels in Hawke’s Bay in it’s new livery, with a classy gloss-black on matt-black stony motif – looking as …
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Mahi Chardonnay 2021
From a combination of vineyards that Mahi work with in Marlborough. A complex nose that starts with a reductive waft of smoky struck match, underlined with white peach, lemon balm, …
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