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Month: August 2022

Hugh Crichton
Winemaker Series

Winemaker series: Hugh Crichton

August 31, 2022 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

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
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Rapaura Springs Bull Paddock Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2022

August 30, 2022 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

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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'Non-NZ wines' / Features

Another box of discovery from Laithwaites

August 29, 2022August 29, 2022 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

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
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Church Road Grand Reserve Chardonnay 2020

August 28, 2022 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

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
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Leveret & Mills Reef unveil two new ‘Arthur Edmund’ wines

August 27, 2022 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

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
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Tohu Whenua Matua Chardonnay 2019

August 26, 2022 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

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
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A winter’s evening tasting of Syrah – ABA

August 25, 2022August 25, 2022 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

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
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Smith & Sheth CRU Heretaunga Chardonnay 2019

August 24, 2022 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

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
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Trinity Hill The Gimblett 2021

August 23, 2022August 25, 2022 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

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
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Mahi Chardonnay 2021

August 22, 2022 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

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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