No 1 Family launches new sparkling wine
October 31, 2023
Marlborough is a long way from Champagne at the best of times but it must have felt like another world when Daniel le Brun first laid eyes on the dusty plains of New Zealand's biggest wine region in 1978. The weather appealed. The grape varieties not so much.Muller Thurgau w...
Friday drinks with... Roscoe Johanson
April 7, 2023
Roscoe Johanson has a 5am start every day and hosts wine professionals to Giesen's Marlborough winery as part of his role as export sales manager for Canada, Asia-Pacific and Europe. He is raising a family with his partner and travels regularly for work. As if that isn't eno...
Wines of the week... three top bubblies
December 14, 2022
It's called the silly season for a reason and here are three faves that stand the test of time. And, yes, all have been retasted this week, purely for verification purposes. Tough job and all that jazz.
18.5/20Hunter's Marlborough MiruMiru NV RRP $29 to $30
B...
Women in wine profile - MJ from Craggy Range
May 20, 2022
She loves champagne, Riesling and her family and she loathes cork taint. Mary-Jeanne Hutchinson is the woman behind the stories of Craggy Range Wines, a Hawke's Bay winery with more vineyard land in Martinborough's majestic Te Muna Valley. She works as an ambassador for Crag...
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