Villa Miazzi Veneto Prosecco Spumante Extra Dry Rose 2020 ($20-$25 tbc) Pretty apricot colour, perfumed with subtle peach blossom, mandarin and soft cherry notes which all flow through onto the palate. There’s a distinct ‘berries and cream’ character in the mouth, clean, gently spritzy, hints of sweetness and rather delicious in my book. Imported into … Read More
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Oak Estate Hawke’s Bay Methode Traditionelle NV
Oak Estate Hawke’s Bay Méthode Traditionnelle $45 If you’re a fan of fizz scented with shortbread, rising dough, bright lemony layers and smooth, creamy, cashew characters, then this blend of 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay is for you. Sourced from fruit grown in the Bridge Pa Triangle, it’s rested on its yeast lees for … Read More
Forrest Estate Marlborough Grüner Veltliner 2021
Forrest Estate Marlborough Grüner Veltliner 2021 $28 This classic Austrian grape has clearly found a happy home with the good folk at Forrest in Marlborough’s Wairau Valley. Perfumed with apple blossom, lemon pith, peach and pepper and packed with refreshing nashi and lime and laced with elderflower, it’s a cleansing, textural, deliciously dry wine with … Read More
The Hunting Lodge Expressions Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2020
The Hunting Lodge Expressions Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2020 $23 Paired with: Frittata muffins Canvas Drinks matches Sept 11th 2021 Now I know Annabel says these frittata muffins are a great way to get veg into kids, but they’re also a great way to get the Hunting Lodge Expressions Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2020 ($23.99) into grownups. … Read More
Canvas Drinks Matches Saturday 10th July 2021
Yvonne’s picks … (Tuna Nicoise sandwich) Pinot noir and tuna are like love and marriage even when they’re in a sandwich. So treat yourself to a large goblet of Greywacke Marlborough Pinot Noir 2019 ($48) to celebrate its spectacular compatibility with salty, oily, Nicoise niceness. Slippery-smooth, spice-saturated and wildly aromatic, Kevin Judd’s new pinot noir is stacked … Read More
Canvas Drinks Matches Saturday 17th July 2021
Yvonne’s picks … (Seafood Sambal) As a child, I was certain that quicksand was going to be a bigger issue in my life than it actually is. Who’d have thought that the thing that’d save me from many a sludgy situation would be gewurztraminer? I’m loving the Linden Estate Hawke’s Bay Gewurztraminer 2020 ($20) because it’s one … Read More
Canvas Drinks Matches Saturday 24th July 2021
Yvonne’s picks … (Lemongrass and Chilli Beef) When beef is boosted by a whack of chilli and lashings of lemongrass, step away from the cabernet and pick up a bottle of the shiny new and ludicrously lush Church Road Grand Reserve Central Otago Pinot Noir 2019 ($37) instead. Winemaker Chris Scott was finally let loose on some … Read More
Drinks List Review Botswana Butchery July 15 2021
BOTSWANA BUTCHERY DRINKS LIST If you can’t find something to slake your thirst in the 24-page-long list at Botswana Butchery, then that’s a headscratcher. Of the 10 cocktail options, I’m all over the Cobra Kai (12yo Chivas, lemon, strawberry and rosemary) but Dry July-ers should investigate the three stylish-sounding mocktails, for sure. There’s also 0 … Read More
Top wine and beer picks for Queen’s Birthday Weekend 2021
Yvonne Lorkin’s top wine and beer picks for Queen’s Birthday Weekend 2021 5 Jun, 2021 By: Yvonne Lorkin Ah, we’ve reached the Queen’s Birthday side of the year. The ducks are quacking, the stags are on the roar, mushrooms are mushrooming and the days of foraging for figs and feijoas are finished. Daylight saving is also long … Read More
Restaurant Drinks List Review Siso Bar August 12 2021
SISO BAR & EATERY DRINKS LIST Of the six Champagnes on the list, only one (Perrier-Jouet, $20) is available by the glass but you could kick things off with a perfectly delicious glass of Deutz or a $13 flute of prosecco. The rosés by the glass are supermarket standard issue (Wither Hills, Church Road, Mt … Read More