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The Strange Case of a Dartmoor Vineyard
It seems to rather befit an outfit with a slightly dualistic nature (think hedonistic party boys who also happen to produce some of the country’s finest wines)
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Henschke : latest releases
Stephen Henschke was in Auckland to show the latest Henschke releases. I couldn’t miss the opportunity to taste some of Australia’s finest wines so hot footed it to O’Connell Street Bistro.
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Yealands PGR
Familiar to lovers of Alsace wine, a bottle labelled Gentil will (traditionally) be a field blend of mainly riesling, muscat and/or gewurztraminer with the balance made up of sylvaner, chasselas and pinot blanc.
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Week 44
An odd sort of a week. Bingo cut his paw swimming in Orakei Basin and was ordered to rest all week and wear a collar to prevent him from nibbling his stitches. I felt out of sorts too;
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Ata Rangi Craighall Chardonnay
All too many wine reviews seem to read like a nurseryman’s catalogue, incorporating a seemingly endless list of adjectives. Maybe understandable if the wine deserves it but what about when confronted with a boring wine?
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The Writer’s Block
I first met Brendan Seal when he worked at Denbies Vineyard over in the UK. We had a chat about Bacchus, a grape variety about which I knew almost nothing, to be told by Brendan that he ‘wasn’t sure he knew a lot about it either’.
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Dry River : Autumn Release 2014
Wilco Lam brought the Dry River 2014 Autumn Release tasting to Auckland, so I boxed on over to the Parnell Rose Garden on Sunday morning to taste the newest wines. I should start out by saying I haven’t always been the biggest fan of Dry River Pinot Noir.
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Wine Writers NZ on tour : Day 1
One of our aims, when establishing up Wine Writers of NZ, was to ask if regional bodies would put on tastings, thereby allowing us to get an overall snapshot of the wines without necessarily being beholden to one particular producer. So hats off to Wines from Martinborough (WfM) who stepped forward and hosted the inaugural […]
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Georgetown Wines, Central Otago
Standing on the side of the Kawarau River, it crossed my mind that you really have to think the pioneering spirit of old is still alive and well in Central Otago. Only these days it’s in the form of boutique vineyard owners rather than gold prospectors