Te Kano Pinot Gris 2018
From Central Otago, a second look at this 2018 wine after it appeared in the ‘Top 10 Tasting’ a while back. Elegant and appetising nose, with peach, nashi pear, ginger, …
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Palliser Estate Chardonnay 2019
From Estate-grown Martinborough fruit, a pale green-straw in the glass, with smoky, struck-match minerality immediate on the nose. Followed by a vibrant stonefruit waft of white peach and greengage, then …
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Pegasus Bay, North Canterbury
In April 2020 I was booked on flights to Christchurch and plans to visit the North Canterbury region of Waipara on one of my “Field Trips”, before COVID-19 sent the …
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Hans Herzog Pinot Noir 2014
From their organic Marlborough estate – one of the most amazing vineyards around. Dark ruby, with effusive perfumes of red cherry, raspberry, lilac and blood orange, with smoky, savoury, mushroom …
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Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc 2020
Returning to the ’20 vintage, and one of the Marlborough Sauvignon Blancs on the ‘Fine Wines of New Zealand’ list. Not shy, this has a vibrant nose of cut grass, …
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Winemaker series: Alan Collinson
I was in the north, looking at some of the smaller producers in the region, and thought I’d take the opportunity to drive up to New Zealand’s most northerly vineyard …
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Misha’s Vineyard Limelight Riesling 2016
A Bendigo, Central Otago, wine – from the company’s dramatic lakefront terraced vineyard. Gleaming pale golden yellow in the glass. Focussed and tense on the nose of peach, lemon blossom, …
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Eskdale Winegrowers Chardonnay 2010
Hand-picked fruit from Eskdale, Hawke’s Bay; given 12 hours of skin contact, and two years maturation in new French oak. Under cork, it pours pure golden straw into the glass, …
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Royal Easter Show Wine Awards 2021 results (and lunch)
Judging for the Royal Easter Show was a close-run thing – back in February we’d just come out of another Level-3 lockdown in Auckland which had restricted travel, leaving organisers …
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Pegasus Bay Prima Donna Pinot Noir 2016
From the North Canterbury vineyards oldest ungrafted vines, made in exceptional years. A deep, ruby burgundy in the glass; with an elegant nose of plum, redcurrant, thyme, rosehip, black cherry, …
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