A collection of writing about New Zealand Wine
Located just an hour’s drive from downtown Melbourne, The Yarra Valley is the birthplace of Victorian wine. And if you look at Hallidays Wine Companion (the bible for Aussie wine) …
Yarra Valley, Victoria (part 1) Read More
Named for the winemaker’s wife, the label describes this white blend as “an ever-evolving expression of the greatest white fruit our Home Block has to offer in any given vintage”. …
144 Islands Melika’s Field 2021 Read More
The new label from Takahiro Koyama, using fruit from the Pearson Vineyard he’s taken before (for the Koyama wines) from the Waipara Valley. The new label is adorned with an …
Taka K Pearson Estate Pinot Noir 2021 Read More
A Gimblett Gravels wine, from Hawke’s Bay. A dark crimson brooding colour in the glass. Complex and enticing aromatics, filled with tart cherry, tobacco, boysenberry, plum, barnyard funk, and raspberry. …
Ka Tahi ‘The One’ Syrah 2021 Read More
Brockenchack are a relatively new label in Barossa – but their vineyards in Eden Valley, South Australia, have some of Australia’s oldest Riesling vines, planted in 1896. It is a …
Brockenchack – new wines from Eden Valley Read More
This is the ‘Barrique Reserve’ expression of the three Viogniers that this Northland label produce – including an un-oaked version and a Late Harvest one too. The 2020 vintage of …
Dancing Petrel Viognier 2021 Read More
Making the best use of their own Carter family vineyards & other boutique estates, Soho use three of the best NZ winemakers – James Rowan for Waiheke Island, Pete Turner …
Soho Family Vineyards – recent releases Read More
From Tempranillo grown on a single 0.6 hectare block in the Te Awa Vineyard, in the Gimblett Gravels. An early-ripening, quite rare, variety in New Zealand that is well suited …
Esk Valley Tempranillo 2021 Read More
One of Felton Road’s earlier vintages (in the first ten years) and not an easy year for the vineyards – yields were low but high quality. An opaque dark ruby …
Felton Road Pinot Noir 2005 Read More
It has been a couple of months since my last ‘wine adventure in a box’ from laithwaites.co.nz arrived – and it is funny how you can just drop back into …
A midwinter box from Laithwaites Read More