An attractive nose with classic gooseberries and hints of herbs and blackcurrant leaf. The palate is vibrant with lots of …

Ripe melon and dried herb with some intense thiol interplay showcases the concentrated aromatic presence and highlights the varietal typicity …

The only gewurz among our top wines is the work of talented Hawke’s Bay stalwart Rod McDonald. It’s a rich …

Translated from the Māori word ōpaoa meaning ‘smoky river’, the Opawa vineyard is planted on the historic riverbed of the …

A vibrant and refreshing cooler-climate style wine, it manages enough weight with loads of richness and flavour. Creamy peaches and …

The Pa Road label always offers exceptional value. This new release has good weight and complexity, in part because a small …

Winemaker Allan Johnson has a string of rieslings to his credit. This shows attractive hints of bottle-age toast. “Lovely focus …

Intense rose-petal and lychee scents provide a warm welcome to this hedonistic, ripe wine. In the mouth it is a …

Quite a bit of struck match up front on the nose, but leads onto a palate rich in flavours of  …

An attractive and approachable consumer-friendly style of chardonnay with juicy ripe peaches, pineapple and citrus set against oak spice both …

Pask demonstrated a commitment to the Gimblett Gravels over 30 years ago as the first winery to plant vines in …

An unusually delicate style of Hawke’s Bay syrah, this wine has a very floral, pretty fragrance, with pristine plummy fruit …

Pale in the glass with vibrant tropical fruit coming through with good intensity on the nose. This wine is immediately …

This is a good introduction to Veneto red wines influenced by dried grapes. Made from corvina and merlot, its nose …

Lovely lifted and lively florals on a very expressive nose. A dry style of prosecco with a fantastic fine acid …

The moment you pick up the dark rose and lilac scents you know you’re in for a treat. In the …

John Belsham eloquently described this South Australian classic thus: “a quiet nose that opens out and unfolds with lovely layers …

Koonunga Hill has been a well-priced example of the famous Penfolds red-wine style for nearly 40 years. The 2012 follows …

A legendary example of Australian wineries’ ability to over-deliver, this bold, generous style continues a quality tradition that began with …

For 40 years Koonunga Hill has given us a taste of the famous Penfolds red wine style without breaking the …

A powerful and very ripe style with a toasty overlay. The full-bodied ripe core is filled with raspberries, cherries, blackcurrants and molasses. A well-structured …

The Pepperjack label is affiliated with one of Australia’s most famous wineries, the respected Saltram Wine Estates in the Barossa, …

From the historic Saltram winery, this deeply coloured young Barossa shiraz straddles tradition and modernity beautifully. It has floral and …

Born out of the old Saltram Barossa stable, Pepperjack shiraz offers plenty of personality. A nose of dark berries, peppercorn …

Moving to Peregrine’s lower-tier label represents a far bigger drop in price than in quality.  This is a light, bright, …

Cava, Spain’s famous sparkling wine, can polarise tasters due to its rustic qualities. This example has lemon curd, honey, herb …

Bright and light in the glass this is an elegant chardonnay with some very smart oak and intriguing secondary notes …

This is a ripe and complete Barossa shiraz with a nose of blackberries, dusty spice and a whisper of sweet …

A classic style with notes of violet, eucalyptus and sweet vanilla oak. The fresh palate is expertly balanced with flavours of ripe raspberries, …

From the winery closest to the epicentre of the Seddon shakes comes a bold wine that should trigger a tremor …

John Belsham was impressed by this wine’s elegance; John Saker by its “pristine personality”. It has meadow-fresh clarity and lift, …

There’s great energy and tension in this wine – perhaps unsurprising now that the local lines company is a Yealands …

French winemaker Damien Yvon is a devotee of sauvignon blanc à la Marlborough. Texture and flinty flamboyance, rather than primary …

In collaboration with Maison Mumm, Pernod Ricard has developed this New Zealand sparkling with delicate lemon-lime and vanillin aromas. The …

A crowd-pleasing South Australian shiraz, Pillar Box is a soft, seamless wine with a raspberry- and blackberry-scented fruit core, touched …

Transformed in the 1990s from a lean, mean type of Champagne into something much more friendly by the late Daniel …

This one entranced Tony Jordan – “fine, elegant, lovely.” It leads with patisserie and wet chalk aromas. In the mouth …

Citrus-flower aromas are fresh while toasty notes provide punctuation. Flavours of sweet stone fruit and ripe citrus are tempered with …

Cranberry, raspberry and redcurrant spice and savouriness on the nose leading into the palate with a bright, juicy, vibrant red-fruit …

Punchy, alluring and simply delicious this youthful and toasty wine with spice and freshness has most of the elements that …