Brockenchack Zip Line Single Vineyard Eden Valley Shiraz 2020 $26 Ripe, spice-stacked, and showing seams of peppercorn and cocoa, this new vintage of one of my favourite new Eden Valley discoveries, has a shed-tonne of flavour and texture circling a core of bright boysenberry and blackcurrant. It’s ultra-fresh, frisky and fanging (technical term) with cocoa … Read More
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Black Cottage Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Black Cottage Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023 $18 Water-white and super-bright, this new sauvignon is snappy-fresh, bursting with basil and passionfruit and citrus zest on both the nose and palate. Sweet pea, lemonade and loads of herbaceousness make this a cleansing, gumtingling sauvignon that’ll bring the grins. Black Cottage
Black Cottage Hawke’s Bay Merlot 2021
Black Cottage Hawke’s Bay Merlot 2021 $18 Super-fresh and frisky, this wine has a tweak of smoke and soy on the tongue in amongst a jungle of berries, cherries and black plum punchiness. Bright, breezy, and showing gently chewy, gum-fuzzing tannins, it’s a crowd-pleaser for sure. Black Cottage
Black Cottage Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2022
Black Cottage Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2022 $18 Paired with Annabel Langbein’s Celebration Salmon pie in the NZ Herald July 15th 2023 Chardonnay is 100% my go-to for anything salmony. There’s just something about the clean, peachy, citrus-laced characters in chardonnay which snuggle up to salmon sensationally well. This new release from Black Cottage has classic … Read More
Mora Central Otago Sauvignon Blanc 2022
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
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