An afternoon with Smith & Sheth
It’s a Spring in which visitor numbers have been decimated in our biggest City. No New Zealanders want to travel to the only place in the country that seemingly carries …
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Hawke’s Bay: Havelock North to Te Awanga
Let’s start this section of Hawke’s Bay as though you’re in the centre of Havelock North. You’ve had your breakfast at one of the excellent café options in town, and …
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Peregrine Chardonnay 2018
An elegant and complex bouquet with nectarine, red apple and almond biscuit notes. Medium bodied, with a supple and creamy texture, cut with a moderate acidity. Still quite restrained on …
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Osawa Wines, Hawke’s Bay
Quietly producing some of Hawke’s Bay finest wines, and then selling them mainly in Japan, are Osawa Wines. Winemaker is a certain Rod McDonald – well known to WineFolio readers. …
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Askerne ‘The Archer’ Chardonnay 2018
The first vintage of this new wine, representing ‘the pinnacle of this variety from Askerne’. Having enjoyed their Reserve Chardonnay over the years, I was keen to try this. A …
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Trinity Hill ‘Homage’ 2018
The newest vintage of a stellar New Zealand wine – rightly considered an icon, and a wine with a sterling reputation overseas as well as locally. At $150 a bottle, …
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Whitehaven Pinot Noir Rosé 2020
From Marlborough, and this is another of those beautifully coloured 2020 vintage rosés that are just fabulous to look at in the glass and bottle. The colour is a bright, …
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Saint Clair ‘James Sinclair’ Sauvignon Blanc 2020
A Marlborough wine, usually from the Wairau Plains, with a rich expressive nose full of flinty mineral and juicy gooseberry, spring blossom, lemongrass and tomato stalk. Vivacious on the palate …
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The Ramsay Pinot Noir 2019
A Gold medal winner at the NZIWS last year, it’s a single vineyard Central Otago Pinot Noir, from the Parkburn sub-region; made by Pinot rockstar Matt Connell. Dark, deep cherry …
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The Landing – a taste of the best
Could this be the best new vineyard and tasting experience in New Zealand? The Landing vineyard spreads over 23 gently sloping acres, surrounded by wetlands, 1.2 million new tree plantings, …
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