Summerhouse Marlborough Verdelho 2016 (4 stars)

May 2, 2018By Yvonne

Finding great verdelho is as awesome as finding cold chicken in the fridge. It’s a very satisfying thing, yet a very rare one here in NZ, with only 4 companies that I know of growing it. Historically verdelho was used to make Madeira, but it’s found a new talent as a table wine. Exotically perfumed … Read More

Yvonne Lorkin wine column for week beginning Sat 28th April 2018

April 28, 2018By Yvonne

  I love to share my thoughts on how a wine tastes and I can rattle off things like ‘this wine has delicious plum/peach or berry flavours – yadda yadda.  However because of that, people tend to ask me “Yvonne, how and when do the winemakers add the plums/berries/peaches to the wine?”  and the answer … Read More