A collection of writing about New Zealand Wine
One of Wellington’s best loved restaurants, Egmont Street Eatery, is setting up a satellite operation at Palliser Estate winery in Martinborough for the upcoming summer months, offering bistro style lunch …
Egmont Street Eatery & Palliser Estate summer collaboration Read More
From the Awatere Valley comes this Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, with a twist. Using a barrel-fermented method, leads us away from the usual cold-fermented fruit-forward herbaceousness of the well-known style, and …
Tupari ‘Boulder Rows’ Sauvignon Blanc 2017 Read More
From Pisa in Central Otago. Dark ruby red, with some obvious darkening to a mahogany colour with the (6 years) bottle age. On the generous nose are red cherry, bramble, …
Tankersley Estate Pinot Noir 2014 Read More
We visited the home of one of Central Otago’s premier labels – Peregrine – and toured the amazing, iconic building earlier this year, as the team were starting to ramp …
Winemaker series – Nadine Cross Read More
Having scored one of those new-fangled Double Gold Medals for the wine at this years New Zealand International Wine Show – the Clearview team went a couple of steps further …
Clearview wins ‘Nissan Champion Wine of the Show’ with Beachhead Chardonnay 2019 Read More
When I was in Central Otago this year, Malcolm Rees-Francis, the winemaker at Rockburn, had just started doing his annual barrel selection. This is where he tastes every separate barrel …
Rockburn 2019 ‘Eight Barrels’ & ‘Eleven Barrels’ Pinot Noirs Read More
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 …
An afternoon with Smith & Sheth Read More
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 …
Hawke’s Bay: Havelock North to Te Awanga Read More
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 …
Peregrine Chardonnay 2018 Read More
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. …
Osawa Wines, Hawke’s Bay Read More