Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here is a selection of 48 wines that almost made it in August 2022. With this …
Kumeu River Mate's Chardonnay 2006 (Kumeu, NZ) $60ish, Screwcap, 13.5% Source: Cellar www.kumeuriver.co.nz Auckland via Montrachet... What a confounding, brilliant wine this, even despite some slightly dodgy cellaring on my behalf. A wine driven by ripe …
The Marlborough Diaries: Day 3.5555 The draft Marlborough sub-regionsClick on the image to enlarge Back in November I was lucky enough to attend the Marlborough Wine Weekend, essentially a several day long …
Cloudy Bay new releases If you're looking for me next weekend this is where I'll be. Stunning! Cloudy Bay. THE Marlborough icon. The winery that, along with Brancott (nee Montana), really propelled Marlborough …
A small flock of decent Kiwi's Firstly, please forgive the flock pun. It's poor, I know, but my Codral Cold & Flu tablet addled mind can't muster up a more clever …
The tasting note cleanout continues: Tri Nations Wine Challenge 2010 No vacuuming for me.... The following wines were sampled at the 2010 Tri Nations Wine Challenge, another alternate styled wine show with …
The Wellington Diaries: Day 1 - Wellingtonian life Yes that is a table and chairs on the verandah there... I recently had the pleasure of an entertaining (or I was entertained at …
Monteith's Doppelbock BEER - Monteith's Doppelbock Winter Ale I'm quite a fan of the Monteith's range, particularly given the quite modest prices and wide availability. Happy to call this another solidly drinkable instalment. What …
The Kiwi's are in town at the moment, or at least they were last week, with several large-ish NZ wine functions all happening within the space of a few days. What's …
It all started quite humbly for what is now the International Riesling Challenge, with some 137 entries from all over Australia participating in the first competition 10 years ago. Now …
A tasting I never miss, if purely for the opportunity to try some of the best from NZ and South Africa all in one spot. The premise here is to …
