Mora Central Otago Sauvignon Blanc 2022 $35 Paired with Annabel Langbein’s Spicy Cockle Noodle Bowl in the NZ Herald July 15th 2023 If you scream “spicy cockle noodle bowl!” at the top of your lungs at the crack of dawn a few times you just might confuse a few of the local roosters and that … Read More
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Brockenchack Megan Jane Eden Valley Grenache 2020
Brockenchack Megan Jane Eden Valley Grenache 2020 $40 In a nod to New Zealand-based team member Megan McMurdo, this grenache is a vibrant, grin-inducing yet soothing wine that reliably over-delivers vintage after vintage. Bursting with cherry and blueberry aromatics, dark plum and cocoa characters and soft peppery textures, it’s a plush, comfy wine that’s perfectly … Read More
Pask Gimblett Gravels Declaration Chardonnay 2020
Pask Gimblett Gravels Declaration Chardonnay 2020 $40 Paired with: Annabel Langbein’s Leeks with Honey Mustard dressing in the NZ Herald Sat July 8th 2023 Now you may ask, why would I drop fourty dollars on something that I’m only going to sip with some dressed leeks? And I would answer that these aren’t just any … Read More
Batch Winery Thomas Waiheke Island Blanc de Gris
Batch Winery Thomas Waiheke Island Blanc de Gris NV $50 Paired with: Annabelle Langbein’s Provencal egg salad in the NZ Herald July 8th 2023 My first instinct when confronted by creamy, mustardy, eggy goodness is to reach for a great sparkling wine. Now loads of proper, grown-up, wine-and-food-folk say that prosecco or cava are the … Read More
Te Kano Central Otago Rosé 2022
Te Kano Central Otago Rosé 2022 $29 Full-bodied and roaring with redcurrant, wild strawberry, rhubarb, strawberry, cranberry, minerally notes, pink peppercorn and a hint of rhubarb, this rosé from the Te Kano kids has style, finesse and, pardon the expression, bags of flavour. Crafted using fruit sourced mainly from their Northburn vineyard, it’s cleansing, crunchy-fresh … Read More
Coal Pit Proprietor’s Reserve Central Otago Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Coal Pit Proprietor’s Reserve Central Otago Sauvignon Blanc 2022 $44 Whoa there horsey! You’ll need to pull up, dismount and steady yourself for the first sniff and sip of this legendary Central Otago sauvignon. Powerful lemongrass, elderflower and marzipan merge with lemon pith and heavenly herbaceous tones to create a wine with flavour and texture … Read More
Forrest Marlborough Pinot Gris 2022
Forrest Marlborough Pinot Gris 2022 $24 Softly spiced pear strudel notes on the nose lead to a rich, lipsmacking style with style, flair and fatness on the mid-palate and an apple-laced finish. Juicy, generous, crisp and lengthy – it’s a dangerously easy style to smash. Forrest Estate
Shield Nelson Chardonnay 2021
Shield Nelson Chardonnay 2021 Classic stonefruit aromatics with a hint of grilled grapefruit lead to a robust, toast-edged palate, roast almonds and baked peach characters in the mid-palate. Fresh yet comforting, with warming alcohol and it has a dried herb edge on the finish.
Shield Nelson Pinot Gris 2022
Shield Nelson Pinot Gris 2022 Richly aromatic, it’s showing roast quince and dried apple notes on the nose and yet on the palate it’s clean and crammed with classic pear and apple strudel characters on the mid-palate. While it feels generous and rich in the mouth, it actually finishes dry and very textural and shows … Read More
Villa Maria Braided Gravels Hawke’s Bay Albariño 2021
Villa Maria Braided Gravels Hawke’s Bay Albariño 2021 $29 Incredibly cleansing, this local version of a Spanish classic roars with green apple, pear, quince, lemon, lime and summer flowers on the nose and erupts with zesty citrus complexity on the palate. Fermented very gently as a single parcel in a concrete egg vat, the result … Read More