Nga Waka Home Block Martinborough Chardonnay 2015 $40

May 10, 2017By Yvonne

If you’re a fan of buttery chardonnay, this brand new vintage from Martinborough’s Parkinson family will have you grinning.  With roasty, toasty, nutty notes gleaned from barrel fermentation, soft, creamy layers from the full malolactic ferment and tangy nectarine and peach flavours soaking through to the finish, it’s a ‘thinkers’ chardonnay.  I’m also certain it’ll … Read More

Escape life’s demands

April 9, 2016By Yvonne

Published NZ Herald Sat April 9th 2016   You’ve spent the week working hard to be all things to all people.   Maintaining through the demands of family, friends, your workplace and those pesky SocMed platforms that’ll forget you in a click if you don’t ‘like’, ‘share’, ‘regram’, ‘retweet’ or ‘snap’ something every seven minutes. Good … Read More