Kahurangi Estate Nelson Dry Riesling 2016 $15.80 (3.5 stars)

July 23, 2018By Yvonne

Wow this riesling is so dry and bony it’s practically skeletal – so those who love masses of lime in their wine will be happy campers with every sip. It has intense green apple notes, buckets of squinty acidity and acres of zesty, quartzy minerality on the finish. www.kahurangiwine.com  

Yvonne Lorkin Wine Column for Week beginning Sat 21 July 2018

July 23, 2018By Yvonne

It finally happened. I actually gave in and let my husband throw away the ever-increasing collection of blackened bananas in our freezer. Bananas that I’d been ferociously protecting “For when I make banana cake!” And that’s a big ‘when’. Some of those ropey, wrinkly, fossilised bananas had been there for two years. Two. Which is … Read More