Hãhã’s sparkling wine made its debut last year. A 50/50 chardonnay-pinot noir blend, it’s a smart wine. Toasty, stonefruit flavours …
→ morePale copper in colour, this rosé is delightful. Don’t be fooled by the sotto voce aromatics. In the mouth it …
→ moreThis is a lively, fascinating wine. A seam of flintiness gives it drive, added complexity and textural interest. A core …
→ moreProsecco, produced near Venice using mostly the Glera grape, is a sparkling wine style enjoying much popularity around the world. …
→ moreThis is a lean, racy style. It opens its account with fresh, appley and pressed linen scents, then washes like …
→ moreOnly pinot noir grapes are used to make this intriguing wine, though you wouldn’t know it from the minerally, green …
→ moreMade by a small family-owned producer based in the tiny Champenois town of Gyé-sur-Seine, this is an attractive 100 per …
→ moreThis non-vintage expression makes another of its regular appearances among our top placegetters. It’s a fresh, approachable style with bready …
→ moreFruit, nuts and preserved lemon aromatics are the prelude to a wine that starts quietly and grows in the mouth. …
→ moreThe Beaumet rosé is a perennial favourite of the Cuisine tasting panel. This expression is all about the fruit at …
→ 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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