For the second year in a row, Tohu Single Vineyard Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc has been named in Fines Wines of New Zealand – an annual list of the country’s most prestigious wines. Tohu is produced by Māori-owned family business, Kono. "Last year our 2016 release made the list. We are thrilled the 2017 release has [...]
Tauranga's Mills Reef Winery has scooped a top award in New Zealand's oldest wine competition. The Bethlehem-based winery won the Wineworks Trophy for Champion Cabernet Sauvignon and Blends for its Mills Reef Reserve Cabernet Merlot 2016 at the Royal Easter Show Wine Awards gala dinner, held in Auckland on Saturday. Mills Reef co-founder and chief [...]
PRESS RELEASE CONTACT Jeremy Adsett – Marketing Manager +64 27 453 6035 jeremy@hunters.co.nz FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 14 July 2017 Hunter’s MiruMiru™ Celebrates 20 Years Launched in 1997, Hunter’s marks 20 years of MiruMiru™ Méthode Traditionelle. Hunter’s Marlborough is creating a bit of a fizz this week, as the team celebrates the 20th [...]
The 8th Hong Kong International Beer Awards is back! Following the last seven successful years (since 2009), the awards is now firmly established as the premier awards recognising the best beers available in Hong Kong’s restaurants and bars. This year, over 500 entries have been collected from more than 60 distributors. We were very pleased [...]
In 2015, Kumeu River Chardonnays were compared with some top white Burgundies in a blind tasting. A panel of experts were invited to pass judgement on the wines, they included Jancis Robinson MW, Derek Smedley MW, Neal Martin (of The Wine Advocate), Mattew Jukes (Daily Mail), Tina Gellie (Decanter Magazine), Jamie Goode (Wineanorak.com) and Will [...]
www.therealreview.com Grace. It doesn’t sound like a Japanese winery. Owned and operated by the Misawa family, it was named after the three graces of ancient myth. The name is certainly handy from an exporting viewpoint: it’s easy for non-Japanese to pronounce and remember. Coincidentally, Grace is also the most visible Japanese wine in Australia. It [...]
www.theaustralian.com.au When you think of Japanese drinks, you probably think of beer and sake. But there is also a small but well-established culture of grape growing in Japan, with commercial wine production dating back to the late 19th century in the historic Yamanashi region, in the cool, high country near Mount Fuji. The Misawa family [...]
photo courtesy of People of Wine: Ten Questions What’s so special about Pinot Noir ? Cos I love it ! When I arrived in New Zealand in 1980 I was less than impressed with the Cabernet based wines produced here and particularly that from around Auckland. I moved to Martinborough in 1986, with the express [...]
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