Lifetime awards to Marlborough icons
October 21, 2024
Five people from three different areas of the wine industry have been recognised with Wine Marlborough Lifetime Achievement Awards for 2024.They are: Ben and Frances Wickham, of Ormond Nurseries; Rob Agnew, climate scientist and Daniel and Adele Le Brun of No 1 Family Estate...
Marlborough Wine Show winners 2024
October 21, 2024
Winning people and wines
Marlborough’s flagship wine takes top award at 2024 Marlborough Wine ShowThe variety that put Marlborough on the map as one of the world’s top wine regions has been crowned the wine of the 2024 Marlborough Wine Show, sponsored by QuayConnect.The 2024 Yealands Estate Sing...
Wine news from the coal face in Gibbston Valley
October 20, 2024
Coal Pit Winery owners have announced they are planing a new wine hosting facility on site at the winery, which is situated up the winding, steep Coal Pit Road in the Gibbston Valley in Central Otago. The evocatively named winery's new tasting facility is scheduled to open i...
Maude Wines turns 30
October 20, 2024
"If in doubt, do it"
Determination, blind optimism and a steep north facing slope were three of the key ingredients in the formation of Maude Wines, which turns 30 this year. The wines have paid "unimaginable dividends both in terms of wine excellence and family unity," says second gen...
New releases from Yealands
October 15, 2024
White wines rule the vinous roost in Marlborough with 81% of its vineyard area planted in Sauvignon Blanc, 9% in Pinot Noir, 4% each in Chardonnay and Pinot Gris and 1% in Riesling. This leaves lesser known grape varieties, such as Albarino and Gewurztraminer, to make ...
Humbling hospice auction highlights
October 14, 2024
One year and three days after my sister, my daughter, my beautiful Mum's partner and our wider family and I said our last goodbye to Mum, I was lucky enough to attend the 2024 Hawke's Bay Charity Wine Auction. This year the auction raised $325,697 for the Cranford Hospice. M...
Hawke's Bay Charity Wine Auction raises $335,697 for Cranford Hospice
September 15, 2024
Highlight of the weekend; being at the Hawke's Bay Charity Wine Auction in a room full of people who were happy to give to the Cranford Hospice, including the purchase of one lot of wine (Te Mata Coleraine), only to gift it back for re-auctioning. This meant that the particu...
Wine of the week; 2023 Tony Bish Golden Egg Chardonnay
September 13, 2024
Chardonnay is king and queen of the global wine scene, no rhymes intended, because it is the most popular wine in the world and is widely tipped to be the most planted grape variety on Earth. It is also the top drop at Tony Bish's Urban Winery in Napier, an historic building...
New releases from Folding Hill, September 2024
September 10, 2024
Folding Hill is a small wine brand situated in Bendigo, one of the driest of all wine sub regions in Central Otago. Evocative by name and by location, it is owned by Tim and Nikki Kerruish, who own an off the grid home on their vineyard and pour their time, resources and lov...
Rapaura Springs reviews September 2024
September 10, 2024
Rapaura Springs has released these three single vineyard, site expressive wines this month and each wine highlights the diversity of Marlborough as a wine region. It may be heavily dependent on Sauvignon Blanc but the Chardonnay and Pinot Noir here are clear examples of two ...
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