Terrace Edge Waipara Riesling 2010 $19 White peach, lemon peel and fresh floral aromas lead to an ultra-clean, bracingly fresh mouthfeel that smacks of citrus and lime-laden loveliness. The finish is sorbet-like, crisp and lengthy, it’s truly superb stuff and it’s quite unbelievable that it costs less than twenty dollars. www.terraceedge.co.nz Terrace Edge Waipara Riesling 2010 … Read More
Author: Yvonne
Borsao Garnacha 2009
Borsao Garnacha 2009 $21 A saucy Spanish red from Aragon’s Campo de Borja subregion, it is a blend of 85 percent Garnacha (Grenache) and 25 percent Tempranillo with layers of dried herbs, plum, tea leaf, coffee bean and red rose notes. Superb with anything chargrilled, this wine has warming, spicy smoke and cocoa characters on … Read More
Framingham F-Series Montepulciano Rosato 2011
Framingham F-Series Montepulciano Rosato 2011 $25 Definitely one of the best rosés I’ve tried in the last twelve months. Vibrant bright crimson colour with gorgeous creaming soda, raspberry and rhubarb aromas, this pretty-in-pink wine also boasts juicy, succulent berry flavours on the finish. Satisfying, refreshing and rewarding no matter what time of year you drink … Read More
Weaver Estate Central Otago Pinot Noir 2009
Weaver Estate Central Otago Pinot Noir 2009 $36 I am loving this debut pinot from this shiny-new, Alexandra-based family estate. It is intensely perfumed with cherry, boysenberry, violet, black tea and sandalwood. Silky and slippery in the mouth, it has delicious, spicy warmth, superb depth and delicious length of flavour. While there’s a good few … Read More
Speights Apple Cider
Speights Apple Cider 330ml $16x6pk Great stuff! This is one of my favourite summertime sips because it smells and tastes like a cross between braeburn and cox’s orange apples, tart, tangy and boasting a clean, clinging texture. It also has great length of flavour – in fact it’s so good it’s hard to believe it’s … Read More
Hāhā Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2011
Hāhā Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2011 $15 Sourced from fruit grown in the Wairau Valley, this newcomer has classic passionfruit, citrus and herbaceous aromas which ooze through onto the palate. Not too sharp, the acidity is spritzy and beautifully balanced while the palate is full, rich and fruit-driven. Nicely made. Hāhā Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2011 For … Read More
Three Boys Brewery ‘Tres Amigos’
Three Boys Brewery ‘Tres Amigos’ 330ml 5%alc I know I shouldn’t say this but the packaging had me hooked. Three little stickmen one in a sombrero, one in a huge moustache and one in a poncho holding hands and looking happy sit above some guff written in Mexican which I think told me to drink … Read More
A Summer Riesling Riot…
view pdf of newspaper article… “Are you going to ask me about politics and religion?” asks goatee-bearded New York-based bar owner, riesling aficionado and founder of the ‘Summer of Riesling’ concept Paul Grieco. God no, I thought. Having just sipped and spat my way through 67 rieslings from around the country at Tipapa Homestead … Read More
Hens, Chickens and Frost…
You’d expect at the end of January things out there in winery land would be all go. With harvest just weeks away surely there’d be no end of things to do; tanks to clean, barrels to wash, equipment to sterilise and loads of general endeavour by everyone concerned. So on a sneaky little trip to … Read More
Pinot Noir 2013 is Good to Go!
In a year’s time the Wellington waterfront will be awash with New Zealand’s best Pinot Noirs, the world’s leading wine media and wine lovers and traders, makers and viticulturists. It is Pinot Noir NZ 2013 – New Zealand’s premier wine event. It starts 28th of January and wraps up on the 31st. This is the fourth … Read More