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Lowburn Ferry Home Block Central Otago Pinot Noir 2021


Lowburn Ferry Home Block Central Otago Pinot Noir 2021 $115 Presented in a gift box inscribed with ‘150’ as a nod to 150 years of continual human interaction with the land which is now home to a biodynamically-farmed vineyard where regenerative farming is now the norm. A 1ha parcel from the original 23yo vines in … Read More

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September 24, 2023

Penfold’s Max’s Adelaide Hills Rosé 2022


Penfold’s Max’s Adelaide Hills Rosé 2022 $35-$40 Crafted from pinot noir fruit grown in the Adelaide Hills and sitting at Bin Range level, this rosé has a stylishly dry yet generously juicy mid-palate and aromas of soft redcurrant, cherry, and pink peppercorn merge with soft salinity and deliver an attractively lengthy finish. Stockist Video Review

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September 13, 2023

Rapaura Springs Rohe Awatere Valley Marlborough Pinot Noir 2022


Rapaura Springs ‘Rohe’ Awatere Valley Marlborough Pinot Noir 2022 $35 You’re immediately struck by intense florals on the first sip, exotic, spicy tones and layers of pot pourri. Lush, soothing, lightly coloured yet generously proportioned, this pinot bursts with crushed rhubarb, red cherry and smooth berry tea flavours. The tannins are youthful and nicely clingy … Read More

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September 10, 2023

Giesen 0% Sparkling Brut


Giesen 0% Sparkling Brut $20.99 Hands down this is one of the best zero alc sparkling wines I’ve ever tasted. Crafted from a blend of sauvignon blanc and pinot gris which has been put through a spinning cone system of dealcoholisation, this sparkling has soft lemon and pear notes, a generous mid-palate mouthfeel and boasts … Read More

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September 9, 2023

Rockburn Twelve Barrels Gibbston Vineyard Pinot Noir 2022


Rockburn Twelve Barrels Gibbston Vineyard Pinot Noir 2022 $99 Wow. This is one of those wines that cause you to stop, stare into the distance and contemplate the beauty in nature, the mastery of man and the meaning of life. It also makes you wonder if winemaker Malcolm Rees-Francis isn’t some sort of warlock of … Read More

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September 8, 2023

Valli Bendigo Central Otago Pinot Noir 2021


Valli Bendigo Central Otago Pinot Noir 2021 $65-$75 A powerfully structured pinot noir comprised of a mix of Abel, 115, UCD 5, 667 and  777 clone fruit grown in the Chinaman’s Terrace where 65% of it was fermented hot (30°C) in 31% new French oak barrels, where it spent a quiet, sleepy 11.5 months maturing … Read More

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September 7, 2023

Te Mata Hawke’s Bay Bullnose Syrah 2020


Te Mata Hawke’s Bay Bullnose Syrah 2020 $68-$80 One of New Zealand’s true icons, not just for Syrah but for wine in general. Grown in the iron-rich soils of the Bridge Pa Triangle, Te Mata’s Bullnose vineyard, is a 15-hectare site planted in 1990 and it’s home to former winemaker Peter Cowley and his family. … Read More

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Trinity Hill 125 The Gimblett Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2021


Paired with Baked Brie with honey, walnuts and thyme in the NZ Herald Canvas Drinks matches Sept 9th 2023 Trinity Hill 125 The Gimblett Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2021 $80  Deeply golden in the glass, this roasty, toasty, citrus-centric chardonnay was hand-harvested fruit from Trinity’s “Tin Shed” vineyard, gently pressed then fermented with wild yeasts in a … Read More

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September 4, 2023

Village Vineyards Hawke’s Bay Merlot 2020


Village Vineyards Hawke’s Bay Merlot 2020 $30 Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives. I love spending time in our Auckland office because people put names on the food in the fridge which is really quaint. Right now I’m eating some spag bol called ‘Debbie’. It needs salt. This merlot … Read More

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August 31, 2023

Black Cottage Marlborough Pinot Noir 2022


Black Cottage Marlborough Pinot Noir 2022 $20 20% of the fruit has been added into the ferment as whole bunches by winemaker Sanna Stander and this has given the wine extra plushness and silkiness in the palate. It’s an easy-breezy style from fruit sourced from Marlborough’s Southern Valleys that shows soft rhubarb, raspberry and redcurrant … Read More

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Massey Dacta Marlborough Pinot Noir 2022


Massey Dacta Marlborough Pinot Noir 2022 $19 Named after the Glover family’s red Massey Ferguson family tractor – known to the kids as the ‘Massey Dacta’, this wine is an excellent introduction to good pinot engineering.  And like that farm workhorse, this wine gets the job done and creates an immediate impression, rolling soft cherry … Read More

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Massey Dacta Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023


Massey Dacta Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023 $19 Lemon? check. Passionfruit? check. Peach? check. Green herbs? check. Lime zest and grassy notes? checkitty check. Named after the way the little Glover brothers used to pronounce the word ‘tractor’, this wine is a tribute to their faithful family farm Massey Ferguson. These days they’re grown men, who … Read More

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Neudorf Tiritiri Nelson Pinot Gris 2023


Neudorf Tiritiri Nelson Pinot Gris 2023 $27 The Finn family has harnessed Nelson’s famously long sunshine hours to create a fully solar-powered winery, heavily geared around organic winegrowing and sustainable production and using only electric forklifts and vineyard vehicles. AND the wines are packaged in new, lightweight glass bottles to reduce their carbon footprint. Their … Read More

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Decibel Giunta Hawke’s Bay Pinot Gris 2022


Decibel Giunta Hawke’s Bay Pinot Gris 2022 $24.99 If you’ve been hunting for a crunchy-crisp, spice-laced pinot gris that’s packed with fresh-cut pear and yellow apple complexity – then hang up your boots because you’ve stepped right on it. Dry, zesty-fresh and seriously juicy on the palate, it has great tension and lipsmacking textures. It’ll … Read More

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Moy Hall Martinborough Syrah 2020


Moy Hall Martinborough Syrah 2020 $90 While Martinborough is considered one of the greatest Pinot Noir regions in the world, yet the results that Phill and Carolyn McArthur are having with Viognier and Syrah, you could also say it’s a little spot of the Rhone at home. Co-fermented with a tiny splash of 3% viognier, … Read More

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August 30, 2023

Rockburn Eleven Barrels Parkburn Vineyard Central Otago Pinot Noir 2022


Rockburn Eleven Barrels Parkburn Vineyard Central Otago Pinot Noir 2022 $99 What happens when winemaker Malcolm Rees-Francis gets hold of amazing quality, Abel clone, Parkburn-grown fruit and throws it into a 7tonne fermenter for an eight-day cold soak, followed by a week-long ferment with daily hand plunging then a 10-day post-ferment soak before being aged … Read More

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August 25, 2023

Deep Down Marlborough Chardonnay 2022


Deep Down Organic Marlborough Chardonnay 2022 $40 I am obsessed with this wine. Yes, the fact that it’s organic is great but holy smokes it is just so luscious, tripicol (yes it’s a spelling mistake, but it kinda suits the wine) packed with pineapple and spice. Spliced together with nectarine and peach-packed intensity, it’s a … Read More

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Carrick Bannockburn Organic Central Otago Pinot Blanc 2020


Carrick Bannockburn Organic Central Otago Pinot Blanc 2020 $36 Pinot blanc is a rare beast in New Zealand and I get super-excited whenever I see it, especially when it’s released by expert winemakers like Rosie Menzies at Carrick. With its white flowers, soft lemon and almond aromatics and rich, dry, generously juicy, stonefruit-saturated palate with … Read More

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Valli Bannockburn Vineyard Central Otago Pinot Noir 2021


Valli Bannockburn Vineyard Central Otago Pinot Noir 2021 $65-$75 One of the most silky, smooth, precisely structured Central Otago pinot noir’s I’ve experienced in a long time. Soothing, savoury and bursting at the seams with roasted rhubarb, wild berries, crabapple complexity and tannins that lurk in the background like a shy kid at the school … Read More

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August 17, 2023

Neudorf Rosies Block Moutere Chardonnay 2022


Neudorf Rosies Block Moutere Chardonnay 2022 $50 I’m doing the jazz-hands of joy over the shiny new Rosie’s Block Moutere Chardonnay by Neudorf Vineyards. It’s sublimely structured, saturated with clean, peach & citrus tones, soft toasty, nutty notes and has soothing, creamy textures and an elegantly balanced finish. It will only become more delicious with … Read More

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August 16, 2023

Huntress Waikura Wairarapa Rosé 2023


Huntress Waikura Wairarapa Rosé 2023 $30 ‘Waikura’ is a reference to the crimson-red glow in the sky in sunrise and sunset in Te Reo Māori and as soon as you pour this into your glass you’ll see how the colour is deep and glowing. Crafted using Abel clone pinot noir which has been soaked on … Read More

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August 10, 2023

Foxes Island Artist Series 2014 Release La Lapine & Pinot Noir


It’s not every day you get to taste 9yo Marlborough sauvignon blanc and pinot noir – but if the opportunity presents itself then leap on it I say! Foxes Island has just released The Artist Series – two limited edition library wines designed to profile a talented local artist but also to raise funds to … Read More

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Neudorf Tiritiri Nelson Chardonnay 2022


Neudorf Tiritiri Nelson Chardonnay 2022 $28 Paired with Annabel Langbein’s Greek Lemon Chicken Traybake in the NZ Herald Canvas Mag Aug 12 2023 Grown on the Moutere Clay Gravels, crafted inside a 100% solar-powered winery then packaged in a new, lightweight glass bottle, this gorgeous chardonnay is absolutely crammed with brightness, energy and electric flavour … Read More

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August 7, 2023

Colere Fractal Marlborough Pinot Noir 2020


Colere Fractal Marlborough Pinot Noir 2020 $60 Paired with Annabel Langbein’s – Mushroom Risotto recipe in the NZ Herald Canvas Magazine Aug 12 2023. If you’re considering pairing anything other than pinot noir with a mushroom risotto then I’m afraid we can’t be friends. Just jokes. But not really. In fact I’d urge you toward … Read More

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Moy Hall Martinborough Viognier 2021


Moy Hall Martinborough Viognier 2021 $50 For the life of me, I do not know the significance of having a beenie-hatted trout dressed in a Swandri carrying an axe on the label, but hey, I’m honestly not caring, because the wine inside is so so good. I love the way the 2021 has a cleansing, … Read More

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August 6, 2023

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