Brancott Estate’s Chosen Rows Sauvignon Blanc is the result of their desire to make a high-end Sauvignon. I’ve been following this since its inception. Back in 2009, then chief winemaker…
Two nice Chardonnays: Seresin and Lafon Mâcon
Two Chardonnays tonight. Both quite lovely. My vote goes to the beautiful biodynamic Chardonnay from Seresin, but the Lafon is nice too. Seresin Chardonnay Reserve 2010 Marlborough, New Zealand 13.5%…
Negociants Lunch with Armagh, Contours, Nautilus Pinot and others
I’ve kind of got out of the habit of lunching well. You know: old school wine trade lunches where you leave your desk before noon and write off the rest…
Bell Hill, one of New Zealand’s finest producers
I just love the wines of Bell Hill, a boutique winery in Waikari, North Canterbury, New Zealand (not far from the Waipara Valley). I visited seven years ago on my…
Gamay focus, 9 – Te Mata Gamay Noir 2014 Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand
Continuing the Gamay quest, we are off to New Zealand. There are just 7.3 hectares of Gamay Noir in New Zealand. And the producer who has led the way with…
Sam Harrop Cedalion Chardonnay 2013 Waiheke Island, New Zealand
So, Sam Harrop’s new wine has just been released. It’s a Chardonnay from Waiheke Island, near Auckland, and it’s superb. As many of you know, Sam is a buddy of…
The 2013 Craggy Range Prestige wines: Le Sol, Sophia and Aroha
These are three remarkable wines. Craggy Range are very excited about the 2013 vintage in these two regions, and on tasting these wines it’s easy to show why. ‘In 2013…
Craggy Range Avery Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2014
Very impressed by this. It’s the Craggy Range Avery Vineyard Sauvignon, and it’s a very stylish, refined expression of the Marlborough style. It’s from a mature (22 year old) vineyard…
So it’s Sauvignon Blanc day
I don’t really like grape variety days all that much. There are, I am told, some 1400 grape varieties grown commercially in the world. So that means that you’d have…