Sileni Advocate Grand Reserve Hawke’s Bay Albariño 2020 $24 There’s an old Spanish saying “when you want a tasty friend and not a foe, turn your face toward albariño”. Don’t fact-check it, no point, you’ll discover I made it up. But it could totally pass for an old Spanish saying. Yet one thing remains true … Read More
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Sileni Circle Grand Reserve Hawke’s Bay Semillon 2019
Sileni Circle Grand Reserve Hawke’s Bay Semillon 2019 $25 Sileni were one of the very first Hawke’s Bay producers to leap into making classlc dry semillon back in the early 2000’s. Before that, most wineries were using the variety to simply create sweet, dessert styles. The deep, iron-rich soils of the Bridge Pa Triangle sub … Read More
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Published NZME Regional Newspapers Sat 31 Oct 2015 Every now and again I’m asked to take visitors to Hawke’s Bay on wine tours and I enjoy these for reasons aplenty. The first is that I’ll leap at any opportunity to show off the spectacular place where I was born, raised and live to anyone. … Read More