Crab Farm Hawke’s Bay Pinotage 2019 $35 Pinotage is a really rare red style in New Zealand and over the years they’ve been a bit of a mixed bag – but strap yourself in because Crab Farm has crafted a very juicy, very drinkable and totally delightful example. Buckets of vanilla and spice on the … Read More
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House of Ball Romping Waipara Rosé 2017
House of Ball Romping Waipara Rosé 2017 $32 House of Ball is a vineyard and luxury B&B property owned by Julian and Lynda Ball on Mackenzies Road in North Canterbury. Lynda is the instigator of rosé because she was a fan of the style and wanted one of her own. Julian, good man, obliged and … Read More
Kidnapper Cliffs Hawke’s Bay Pinotage 2010
Kidnapper Cliffs Hawke’s Bay Pinotage 2010 $45 One of the most sophisticated examples of pinotage on the NZ market, this wine oozes cranberry, redcurrant, rosehip tea and cherry cola aromas yet it has a spicy edge with savoury, dried herb flavours and is soundly built with solid tannins a warming mid-palate and lengthy persistence of … Read More