Loveblock Marlborough Gewurztraminer 2014 $21.99 (4.5 stars)

February 25, 2018By Yvonne

I love the burst of lychee and honeysuckle and sweet citrus you get as soon as you drop your nose into the glass. Crafted by Kim and Erica Crawford from fruit grown with buckets of love in the middle of the Awatere Valley, this certified organic wine is absolutely heaving with luscious stonefruit and magical, … Read More

Yvonne Lorkin wine column for week beginning Sat 24th Feb 2018

February 24, 2018By Yvonne

As I type this column, the ferocity of Ex-Cyclone Gita is about bearing down on Marlborough, the engine room of our wine economy. In fact Marlborough grows the fuel which drives our industry, turning out 77% of New Zealand’s total wine production. Yet across New Zealand, tropical cyclones seem to have become all the more … Read More