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Lake Chalice The Nest Marlborough Pinot Gris 2016
Now owned by Saint Clair, the Lake Chalice label continues to produce great value wine under its ‘The Nest’ tier. …
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Villa Maria Private Bin East Coast Gewurztraminer 2017 (NZ blend)
This is fantastic value. Get ready for love at first sniff – the nose is delightfully out there and floral. …
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Giesen Estate Riesling 2016 (NZ blend)
The creamy texture of this wine slows things down to a dignified pace. The nose is citrusy; in the mouth …
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Allan Scott Family Winemakers Marlborough Riesling 2017
They’ve been making good riesling for a long time at Allan Scott, and that experience shows. Enticing floral scents lead …
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Wither Hills Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2016
Presenting a very different style to that of our top wine, this is an ethereal expression. It leads with delightful …
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Wild Rock Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2017
This 2017 offers excellent value. Yellow fruit notes – grapefruit and melon – are writ large, and wrapped in a …
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Villa Maria Private Bin Lightly Sparkling Rosé 2017
Modelled after the Italian ‘frizzante’ wines, which are only slightly effervescent, this is also a low-alcohol expression. It is light …
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Villa Maria Private Bin Lighter Rosé 2017
This low-alcohol version (10%) is made predominantly from pinot noir. Pale pink in the glass, it offers a riot of …
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Thornbury Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2017
This label, whose wines are all crafted by the talented Simon Fell, perennially overachieves in the value-for-money stakes. This rendition …
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Ti Point Hawke’s Bay Ruby Rosé 2017
Pretty in the glass, and pretty good to drink as well. This merlot-based charm from the Bay delivers peach, apricot, …
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Best Buys for Sparkling
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Dunes & Greene Chardonnay Pinot Noir NV
This appealing wine shows how skilled Australian winemakers are at fashioning sparkling wines to give bang for your buck. This …
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Freixenet Cava Cordon Negro NV
Cava is Spain’s famous sparkling wine. Quality varies and price isn’t always a guide. This well-priced, straightforward example couples appley …
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Hunter’s MiruMiru NV
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Mirumiru means bubbles in the Maori language, a most appropriate name for this crisp, fresh Marlborough sparkler. Red apple and …
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Jacob’s Creek Blanc de Blancs NV
Jacob’s Creek’s worldwide popularity isn’t just due to low pricing and smart marketing. Wine quality is never less than good. …
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Jacob’s Creek Sparkling Moscato White NV
The international fashion for the low-alcohol, gently sparkling, sweet Italian moscato style finds good expression in the warmer vineyards of …
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Lindauer Classic Rosé NV
A perennial bargain, Lindauer’s pink sparkling wine continues to over-deliver in the value stakes. Raspberries lead the scents on the …
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Lindauer Special Reserve Brut Cuvee NV
A pinot noir-dominant sparkler with a hint of bronze in its colour. Wild strawberry aromas lead into a quite powerful …
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Mojo Chardonnay Pinot Noir Brut Cuvee NV
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A whisper of pale salmon colour somehow echoes the fragrant red berry, rosehip and nougat on the nose of this …
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Selaks Premium Selection Breeze Sparkling Sauvignon Blanc NV
The idea of sparkling New Zealand savvy originated partly as a way of using up a glut of sauvignon blanc, …
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Te Hana Sparkling Rosé CuveeNV
The strikingly packaged Te Hana pink sparkling wine is made from 100 per cent pinot noir grown in Gisborne, an east-coast …
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Twin Islands Chardonnay Pinot Noir Brut NV
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TwinIslands epitomises the sort of value to be had with Marlborough sparkling wine. This subtle, clean, well-made, foamy wine offers …
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