I Am George Limestone Coast Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 $22.99 Steve Meyer is the Chief Winemaker responsible for the I Am George wines (released in New Zealand in 2018), a red wine brand created in tribute to the legacy of George Wyndham, one of the pioneers of Australian wine. The story has it Wyndham arrived in … Read More
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Cloudy Bay Marlborough Pinot Noir 2016
Cloudy Bay Marlborough Pinot Noir 2016 $49 Three years of quiet time in bottle has allowed the subtle spices in this pinot noir to knit together nicely. Perfumed with baked berries, soft cherry characters, savoury tones and sandalwood, while the palate is slippery and slick. Ribbon-like as each sip slides down. A blockbuster is not … Read More
Rapaura Springs Reservoir Vineyard Marlborough Pinot Noir 2017
Rapaura Springs Reservoir Vineyard Marlborough Pinot Noir 2017 $39.99 I LOVE this wine! Fresh, frisky, wild red fruits, buckets of berries, cherries, soft and luscious textures, so pristine, so clean, so focused and plush, lush, spice-infused and fabulous. The length of flavour is like an energizer bunny in a bottle – it’s so satisfying and … Read More
Rapaura Springs The Springs Vineyard Marlborough Verdelho 2017
Rapaura Springs The Springs Vineyard Marlborough Verdelho 2017 $32.99 Summer flowers, aromatic, crunchy stonefruit and buckets of soft herbs and white peachy and basil and bouyant and bold. Lemon pith, complex, white pepper and nectarine notes. I really love this wine because of its a funky fabulousness.
Fontanafredda Le Fronde Moscato d’Asti 2013
Fontanafredda Le Fronde Moscato d’Asti 2013 $35 At just 5% alcohol, this is a super-light, super-sweet little sip that’ll perk up even the most jaded tastebuds. Forget any past experiences with bad old, mass-produced Asti because this is the genuine article. Pure, uncut awesomeness. With a deliciously delicate, creamy mousse, lifted, musky apricot and honeysuckle … Read More
Saorsa Cornerstone Vineyard Hawke’s Bay Viognier 2016
Saorsa Cornerstone Vineyard Hawke’s Bay Viognier 2016 $30 Pronounced “Sore-Sha”, the name Saorsa is a Scottish Gaelic word that not only means but also represents a radical sense of freedom, liberty and salvation according to owner Alex Hendry, one of Hawke’s Bay’s most exciting and ‘one-to-watch’ winemakers. Crafting just viognier and syrah, his 2016 vintage … Read More
Matahiwi Holly Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2018
Matahiwi Holly Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2018 $28.99 The ‘Holly’ is a wine that I eagerly anticipate every year. ‘Anticipate’ is a polite way of saying I basically stood outside the cellar door and yelled until they threw it at me and told me to leave them alone. It’s a wine that just gets better and … Read More
Central Otago’s Archangel Wines sells to Australia’s Joval Wine Group.
Central Otago’s Archangel Wines sells to Australia’s Joval Wine Group. MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Premium Central Otago wine brand and vineyard, Archangel, has been sold to the Australian Family owned Joval Wine Group. The New Zealand Overseas Investment Office (OIO) approved the sale last week. The purchase includes the Archangel … Read More
Seresin Marlborough Pinot Gris 2016
Seresin Marlborough Pinot Gris 2016 $24 100% organic, this gris has had a couple of quiet, sleepy years in the bottle to integrate the baked apple and poached quince characters alongside the deeply fragrant spices, layers of caramelisation and on the finish, it’s boasting bracing acidity and a firm spine. It has fantastic persistence on … Read More
The Last Shepherd Hawke’s Bay Syrah 2017
The Last Shepherd Hawke’s Bay Syrah 2017 $22.99 I’m buzzing to see a syrah added to The Last Shepherd stable. Crafted from fruit grown in the iron-rich soils of the Bridge Pa region, this is an easy-breezy example that’s got all the signature boysenberry, plum, pepper and spicy oak influence. It’s not a honkingly dry … Read More