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Carrick Excelsior Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2022
Carrick Excelsior Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2022 $110 Featuring a label painted by Dunedin artist Alice Toomer, the Excelsior is Carrick’s finest example, their flagship Pinot Noir, made only in tiny quantities and only in years winemaker Rosie Jaffe-Menzies deems the fruit supreme enough to warrant it. Which, if you suffer from OCD and want a … Read More
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8 October 2026
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2023
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2023 $56 Crafted from two vineyard sites that were planted back in the mid 1990s on their own roots, with each vineyard parcel fermented and matured separately in barrel for 10 months with 25% new oak barrels before being blended and aged for a stretch in tank to knit together … Read More
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Carrick Organic Bannockburn Riesling 2026
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Riesling 2026 $32 Winemaker Rosie Jaffe-Menzies knows a thing or thirteen about how to craft Riesling that hits all the bullet points for snappy-fresh dryness while delivering generosity and a comet’s tail of quartzy minerality to finish. Maybe she’s made for it. Maybe it’s Maybelline. Maybe I should stop regurgitating advertising slogans … Read More
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Carrick Organic Bannockburn Chardonnay 2024
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Chardonnay 2024 $39 Straight out the gate, I love this wine! It is just so deliciously satisfying, cleansing, yet delivering the kind of creamy complexity that had me going back sip after sip. Awash with poached stonefruit, pineapple pings, and ribbons of grilled grapefruit twisting around a core of caramelised, softly toasty … Read More
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7 October 2026
Neudorf Tiritiri Nelson Rosé 2025
Neudorf Tiritiri Nelson Rosé 2025Neudorf Tiritiri Nelson Rosé 2025 $25 I tasted this wine during Māori Language Week, so it was lovely to learn that Tiritiri means ‘to plant and/or cultivate’. And they’ve well and truly planted a thirst for great rosé after releasing this. It’s a rosé crafted from 100% Pinot Noir grown in … Read More
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22 September 2026
Neudorf Rosie’s Block Moutere Riesling 2025
Neudorf Rosie’s Block Moutere Riesling 2025 $33 This is a super-pretty, apple-tastic, classically cleansing and juicy style stacked with honeysuckle sweetness and lime curd characters from woah to go, from first impresh to its long fin-esh. Energetic, laced with mandarin and a dusting of minerality, it’ll perk up even the most flaccid of tastebuds. Beautifully … Read More
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15 September 2026
Neudorf Rosie’s Block Moutere Riesling Dry 2024
Neudorf Rosie’s Block Moutere Riesling Dry 2024 $33 If you love Riesling with a backbone of creamy citrus and crushed-shell minerality with a ribbon of clover honey and gentle apple juiciness, then this is your jam, Aunty Pam! Organically grown in the clay gravels of Nelson’s Moutere Valley, hand-harvested and wild-fermented, unfined and bottled in … Read More
Tags: Dry Riesling, moutere, nelson, neudorf, Neudorf Rosie's Block Moutere Riesling Dry 2024, organic, rosies block
11 September 2026
Two Rivers Convergence Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2026
Two Rivers Convergence Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2026 $24 With a hefty splash of the blend being fermented in a concrete egg fermenter and another portion fermented in a large clay amphora, this Sauvignon is all about as textural as you could possibly imagine. Brand new, yet delivering deliciously calm, assured aromas of greengage plums, apples, … Read More
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3 September 2026
Responsible Hedonist Rush The Stage Hawke’s Bay Red 2023
Responsible Hedonist Rush The Stage Hawke’s Bay Red 2023 $35 If you’re happy to skate down the lighter, more savoury, dried-herb and wild side of the cul-de-sac, then this Syrah from Bridge Pa will be your happy ramp. It’s less fruity and more on the furry, fabulously feral, earthy, smoky side, characteristics which will also … Read More
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24 August 2026
Responsible Hedonist Rush The Stage Hawke’s Bay Red 2022
Responsible Hedonist Rush The Stage Hawke’s Bay Red 2022 $35 What you have right here is a light, cherry, berry and spice-laced style of Syrah from Bridge Pa in Hawke’s Bay that’s been shepherded into the bottle by Chicago-born winemaker/engineer/sommelier and writer Diana Hawkins. It’s unfined and unfiltered to capture all its essential florals and … Read More
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19 August 2026
Neudorf Rosie’s Block Moutere Albariño 2025
Neudorf Rosie’s Block Moutere Albariño 2025 $35 Scented with lemon blossoms and freshly-cut apples, white peach, persimmon, white pepper and gentle honeyed notes which all osmose across to the palate and leave a comet’s tail of zesty-bright, energetic characters. Bright, vibrant and roaring with fresh citrus, this is an ultra-cleansing, organically-crafted example that’ll have you … Read More
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11 August 2026
Responsible Hedonist Gift of Gab Hawke’s Bay Rosé 2024
Responsible Hedonist Gift of Gab Hawke’s Bay Rosé 2024 $28 Crafted from Bridge Pa-grown Syrah, this rosé by Chicago-born-now-Waiheke-winemaker Diana Hawkins, has boldness, juiciness, spiciness, florality (love that word) and zesty textures. Which is exactly what you’d expect from a Syrah-based rosé. There’s a solid ribbon of salinity wrapping around cherry, fresh citrus and soft … Read More
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7 August 2026
Responsible Hedonist Glow Up Hawke’s Bay Pink Pinot Gris 2024
Responsible Hedonist Glow Up Hawke’s Bay Pink Pinot Gris 2024 $28 The skins of Pinot Gris grapes have a pinky-grey tint to them, hence why when the skins are left to soak in the juice overnight, like winemaker Diana Hawkins has done with this new vintage, the juice takes on a pinky, apricot colour. Perfumed … Read More
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Tironui Above & Beyond Hawke’s Bay Rosé 2026
Tironui Above & Beyond Hawke’s Bay Rosé 2026 $27 Crafted by owner Richard Brown from a blend of 74% Malbec, 19% Merlot and 7% Cabernet Sauvignon grown high up on terraced vineyards overlooking Napier, this rosé has so much energy it’s like a CrossFit class in a glass. Roaring with spiced watermelon, salted raspberry, pink … Read More
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20 June 2026
Carrick The Magnetic Organic Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2023
Carrick The Magnetic Organic Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2023 $80 Youthful and stacked with classic spice saturation, this Bannockburn-grown beauty is crafted using 100% Abel clone fruit (often referred to in New Zealand as the ‘Gumboot Clone’ – google it) to produce a stylish, classy, statuesque style. Soft earthy notes, a lick of roasted rhubarb, baked … Read More
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19 June 2026
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Pinot Blanc 2025
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Pinot Blanc 2025 $42 Alsace in France is the spiritual home of Pinot Blanc (a mutation of Pinot Noir), yet it’s clearly loving the schistous soils of Central Otago. I did want to write ‘schisty’ – but stupid grammarly wouldn’t let me. Sigh. Anyhoo, Carrick’s Pinot Blanc style leans into the deeply … Read More
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Carrick Josephine Organic Bannockburn Riesling 2025
Carrick Josephine Organic Bannockburn Riesling 2025 $42 If you’re a fan of citrus-stacked, refreshingly sweet, honey-laced, Mosel-style Riesling, then saddle up and join the gymkhana because Josephine will bring you joy. Hand-picked, whole bunch pressed and fermented wild in stainless steel tanks, it’s a crisp yet generously juicy wine that’ll wake up even the most … Read More
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Two Rivers Juliet Marlborough Riesling 2025
Two Rivers Juliet Marlborough Riesling 2025 $22 Bursting with green apple, honeysuckle, lime juice, white peach, creamed clover honey and perky pear, the Juliet is a Riesling style that’ll wake up even the most flaccid of tastebuds. A splash of sweetness balances out the acidity, making it a lipsmacking style for any reason or season. … Read More
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18 June 2026
Tironui Above and Beyond Hawke’s Bay Malbec Merlot Cabernet 2024
Tironui Above and Beyond Hawke’s Bay Malbec Merlot Cabernet 2024 $40 Grown high on the sugarloaf terraces which loom above the Napier suburb of Taradale, looking eastward to the pinnacles of Cape Kidnappers, this Malbec-dominant, deeply inky red roars with classically savoury tones. Those tones are awash with fresh tobacco, Dutch cocoa, bay leaf, and … Read More
Tags: above and beyond, bordeaux-style blend, Hawke's Bay, malbec merlot cabernet, tironui, Tironui Above and Beyond Hawke's Bay Malbec Merlot Cabernet 2024
16 June 2026
Known Unknown Super Blanc Te Awanga Sauvignon Blanc 2024
Known Unknown Super Blanc Te Awanga Sauvignon Blanc 2024 $tbc Ultra golden in the glass, this Hawke’s Bay Sauvignon Blanc is roaring with youthful freshness, cheek-puckering citrus, gooseberry and green apple goodness. Each sip reveals a peacocks tail of peach, elderflower and freshly baled hay, dried herbs, grapefruit pith and a deep vein of minerality.
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25 May 2026
Nuala Reserve Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024
Nuala Reserve Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024 $38 With its exotic aromas of dandelion pollen, marzipan, soft basil, freshly baled hay and gentle lemony layers, this is a beautifully light yet complex sauvignon blanc. Hints of toastiness, a vein of passionfruit and lime zest make for an energetic mouthfeel and impressive length of flavour. Nuala
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16 May 2026
Nuala Waiora New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc Zero NV
Nuala Waiora New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc Zero NV $tbc Gently dealcoholised, this is a green apple-stacked style, with licks of lemongrass, bruised basil, lime and sweet, peachy tones. Nil on alcohol but full on in the flavour stakes – it’s a style that I’m sure will be a summer sensation. Nuala Wines
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Nuala Central Otago Pinot Noir 2023
Nuala Central Otago Pinot Noir 2023 $38 Softly smoky and showing a fine line of classic rhubarb, scorched fruitwood, baked cherry, gentle pepper and dried thyme flow from the nose to the palate in fine form. Clean, dry, refreshing and yet showing depth, generosity and fine-grained tannins to finish. Nuala
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14 May 2026
Nuala Reserve Central Otago Pinot Noir 2024
Nuala Reserve Central Otago Pinot Noir 2024 $tbc A smorgasbord of five different Bannockburn-grown Pinot Noir clones has been partially whole-bunch fermented with wild yeasts then blended by winemaker Paul Martung to create a distinctly savoury, exotically spicy and smoke-saturated style that’ll clear the nose and soothe the throat. Roaring with vibrantly classic cherry and … Read More
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11 May 2026
Nuala Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2025
Nuala Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2025 $tbc I know the words ‘green goddess’ are normally used to describe a super-trendy salad dressing, but here and now I’m lending the term to this shiny-new Sauvignon Blanc from Marlborough wunderkind Nuala. Crunchy-crisp and cleansing, this cheek-puckering Sauvignon saturates the palate with lemon and lime, and it’s prickled with … Read More
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