Racy yet complex, this is an intriguing style. Attractive flinty notes mingle with scents of lime zest. In the mouth …
→ morePaul Bourgeois and his team at Spy Valley have produced a racy, up-tempo style. It leans toward the lively, green …
→ morePale salmon in colour, this rosé creeps up quietly on you. Gentle, fresh scents presage a bright, focused mouthful offering …
→ moreNow here’s a smart buy. It reveals its charms slowly. There is no aromatic thunderclap and in the mouth citrus, …
→ moreFrom the ever-reliable Mount Riley label, this is a smart, racy rendition that offers excellent value. Intense lime zest scents …
→ more“Lovely rice paper texture,” noted John Belsham. This is a light, delicate, off-dry style with a seductive floral perfume and …
→ moreThis 2016 is looking very smart. It has moved into the stonefruit flavour spectrum, with ripe peach and Mirabelle plum …
→ moreNo show without Lindauer, the perennial overachiever on the local bubbles scene. This Blanc de Blancs (100 per cent chardonnay) …
→ moreThe most ubiquitous and best known cava of them all is the Freixenet Cordon Negro, which is exported to 150 …
→ moreThis year marks the 20th anniversary of the launch of Hunter’s MiruMiru™, now firmly established as a New Zealand classic. …
→ moreYes, the Bay can do sauvignon too. Most of this wine’s fruit was drawn from a cooler site at Matapiro, …
→ moreAromatic lift is what we expect from this label, and the 2015 has it in abundance. Fresh herb, white flower …
→ moreMount Brown winemaker Frank Manifold has produced a Marlborough-esque expression. Lifted and vibrant with a caressing texture, it is a …
→ moreThis second tier label from experienced Marlborough winery Lawson’s Dry Hills offers fantastic value, vintage after vintage. This latest rendition …
→ moreThere’s great energy and tension in this wine – perhaps unsurprising now that the local lines company is a Yealands …
→ moreRongopai is a label that goes back to 1932 and is currently part of the Babich stable. This new release …
→ moreA very smart wine from a label with deep Marlborough roots. It’s a crisp, bright package, with flint and citrus …
→ moreMagpies have an eye for bright things, and this Hawke’s Bay based winery certainly found one in Marlborough. Lifted green …
→ moreAnother wine that expresses this fine vintage in an unvarnished, straightforward way. It’s about the fruit flavours – ripe stonefruit, …
→ moreWinemaker Jamie Marfell continues to do sterling work with this much-loved Marlborough sauvignon brand. This version is typically flinty and …
→ moreWe’re used to this label capturing that Marlborough essence with its sauvignon blanc, and it does so again. This is …
→ moreGrown in a sheltered spot in the Omaka Valley, this sauvignon was praised by John Belsham for its “fine lines, …
→ moreMarlborough, in all its glory, has been deftly captured by Two Rivers proprietor/winemaker David Clouston in this superb wine. Meadow-like …
→ moreThis one is firmly in the green, herbal camp. Earthy, tomato vine scents set the tone. In the mouth lime …
→ moreThis attractive style proudly declares its Awatere Valley origins with scents akin to flint, lime and nettle. Once in the …
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