In praise of Riesling - an oldie but yes it's amazing
March 18, 2024
It was International Riesling Day last week and I nearly marked it by stamping my last Riesling tattoo (a transfer, in case it's not obvious) on my forearm, only the tattoo was so dried out that the plan failed. It was the last one of about 100 Riesling transfer/tattoos I bo...
What's in my glass this Monday
March 11, 2024
What's in your glass this Monday? If it's an AFD, it could still be an interesting question and while the idea had crossed my mind, this wine (along with a bunch of others) crossed my desk so here is the wine of today, made by Jules Taylor in Marlborough, New Zealand. It's a...
What I'm drinking this week - Abel Chardonnay
February 27, 2024
New Chardonnay from two generations and a small region.Wine of the week, 2 March 20242021 Abel Tasman Chardonnay RRP $28.99This new release is the fourth vintage of Abel Chardonnay, which is made by founder-owners Mark and Sophie McGill in collaboration with her parents, Jam...
Martinborough is no stranger to baking hot days and cool nights but is this year unseasonally dry or does it just seem that way after two rainy harvests in 2022 and 2023?As I wrote the opening to this week's What in my glass column, the sun was shining and the wind blowing, ...
Gimblett Gravels 2021 Annual Vintage Selection
January 24, 2024
The irony about heatwaves is that they often lead into some of the best vintages of wines that seem to be the exact opposite of what you would want to drink during extremely hot days. But a new release of 12 top reds from 2021 is a reminder of the halcyon days before the rai...
Words to savour in world's best wine book
December 22, 2023
The fifth edition of Oxford Companion to Wine is 25 per cent longer and contains over one million, meticulously researched, wordsReview by Joelle Thomson, 22 December 2023When every wine blog at this time of year is full of recommendations to drink (and my Top 20 of 2023 rem...
A visit from Antinori... and what I'm drinking this week
February 14, 2024
Italy holds strong fascination for wine lovers, especially those who enjoy a long history with their glass of Chianti, which is exactly what made last week's highlight tasting so compelling. The tasting was of Antinori wines and Prunotto (one of the many other wineries the A...
The chillable red wine trend and What I'm Drinking this Friday
February 9, 2024
Staying in the moment...
It's easy to get sucked into fads and many winemakers are diving head first into the latest one. It's called chillable reds.This week another wave of light bodied wines with their deep pink or pale ruby colour (depending on your point of view) arrived for tasting. They prove...
Southern whites... What I'm Drinking this Week(end)
January 30, 2024
It's bitterly cold in winter, searingly hot in summer and deeply devoted to one red grape, which makes Central Otago seem like a one trick pony when it comes to wine, but this week a bunch of new white wines was a reminder that it is far from it.This week's tasting tabl...
The chillable red trend and what I'm Drinking this Friday
January 27, 2024
Dialing up rosé or a new thing?
It's easy to get sucked into fads and many winemakers are diving head first into the latest one. It's called chillable reds.This week another wave of these light bodied, deep pink or pale ruby (depending on your point of view) coloured reds labelled chillable landed on the t...
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