The Marlborist Marlborough Chardonnay 2020 $50 Look out Marlborough wine fans, there’s a new brand in town. Two years of development by three wine industry old-hands, good chums and crazy risk-takers led to ‘The Marlborist’ project being launched in mid-2020. The debut pinot noir and sauvignon blanc by David Nash, Stuart Dudley and Rich Ellis … Read More
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Smith & Sheth Cru Wairau Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2021
Smith & Sheth Cru Wairau Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2021 $30 Paired with Winter Greens and Almond Pesto with Pasta in dish Magazine Issue 104 Winter 2022 Pair the herbaceous heft of this green machine recipe with the crunchy-crisp, passionfruit, jalapeno and citrus-stacked Smith & Sheth Cru Wairau Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2021 ($30). Crafted from old … Read More
Borsao Viña Borgia Organic Garnacha 2020
Borsao Viña Borgia Organic Garnacha 2020 $19 Paired with Stir-Fried Beef with Green Beans, Gochujang and Kimchi in dish Magazine Issue 104 Winter 2022 With all the heat and heft of the chilli in this recipe, you’d be wanting to slip down the sweeter side of the street. The Borsao Viña Borgia Organic Garnacha 2020 … Read More
Yealands Reserve Marlborough Pinot Gris 2021
Yealands Reserve Marlborough Pinot Gris 2021 $19.95 Well well well. If it isn’t just the crispiest, juiciest, nashiest, apple-and-spice-stacked pinot gris I’ve tried in AGES! Clean, crunchy-fresh and fanging with pipfruit, this vibrant, energetic, multi-layered style is deliciously drinkable. Stylish and showing superb fruit purity. Paired with Moroccan Baked Chicken with Pearl Couscous in Issue … Read More
Forrest Marlborough Chardonnay 2021
Forrest Marlborough Chardonnay 2021 $28 Golden in the glass and dishing up delicious aromas of grilled grapefruit, roast nectarine, a burst of butterscotch and a dusting of almond, this chardonnay is fresh, frisky, fulsome and laced with pineapple and cinnamon. Generously proportioned and juicy from sip to swallow, it’s got great energy, vibrancy and toasty … Read More
Brookfields Reserve Vintage Hawke’s Bay Cabernet Merlot 2019
Brookfields Reserve Vintage Hawke’s Bay Cabernet Merlot 2019 $59 Paired with Thyme Roasted Eye Fillet in dish Magazine Issue 104 2022 “Literally the second I began cooking this excellent eye fillet dish I decided to hurtle around my wine cupboard to find that bottle of Brookfields Reserve Vintage Hawke’s Bay Cabernet Merlot 2019 ($59) I’d … Read More
Tinpot Hut McKee Vineyard Marlborough Grüner Veltliner 2018
Tinpot Hut McKee Vineyard Marlborough Grüner Veltliner 2018 $25 Crafted from grapes grown in Marlborough’s Awatere Valley (which, if separated out from the rest of the province, would be New Zealand’s second-largest wine region), this grüner from winemaker Fiona Turner is drier and has more depth of spice and minerality than much of the lighter, … Read More
Gladstone Wairarapa Pinot Gris 2021
Gladstone Vineyard Wairarapa Pinot Gris 2021 $24.99 There’s something in the deep, dry, rocky soils of the ancient terraces of the Ruamahanga River that gives Gladstone Vineyard’s pinot gris its deliciously dry superpowers. Spice-stacked and mineral-focused, it has a core (scuse the pun) of pear and green apple which provides the spine for crunchy acidity … Read More
27 Seconds Waipara Riesling 2020
27 Seconds Waipara Riesling 2020 $19 Awesome aromas of citrus jubes, mandarin, honeysuckle and lime-o-rama from woah to go. Incredibly crisp and stacked with crunchy-fresh character, it’s also showing lovely length of flavour and perfectly prickly textures. Nice to see a wine contributing to such a worthwhile cause too (100% of the profits from each … Read More
Linden Estate Peacock Block Hawke’s Bay Merlot 2019
Linden Estate Peacock Block Hawke’s Bay Merlot 2019 $24.99 2019 kicked off what would become one of the most exciting triple-vintage runs Hawke’s Bay’s ever seen. A sequence of superb harvests where spiciness saturated every red grape. Designed for the cellar, youthful and tightly-coiled, this wine also opens up with decanting or swirling. Bay leaf … Read More