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 [...]
Milton Vineyards & Winery is a family estate winery located in Gisborne, New Zealand. James and Annie Millton are the first producers in New Zealand to gain Bio-Gro certification for organic wine production and they have been producing biodynamic wines for over 30 years. Here are some latest write up about them: Wines of NZ: [...]
Gourmet Traveller – page 74, Feb / March 2016, Bob Campbell MW
Two Paddocks Pinot Noir 2014 drinking beautifully and earning 95 points at Decanter, picked by Cameron Douglas MS as Top 2014 Central Otago Pinot Noir, congrats! more details HERE
Find out which wines scored 98 points and more from Bob's tastings last year. Congratulations to Millton Vineyard & Escarpment for a spectacular year! 98 points - Millton Clos de Ste Anne Viognier 2013 98 points - Millton Clos de Ste Anne Chenin Blanc 2013 98 points - Escarpment KUPE Pinot Noir 2013 view the [...]
Kicking off 2016, the review team at Robert Parker Wine Advocate has created a round-up list of top wine picks from last year. The 50 top picks are selected from more than 30,000 tasting notes published in 2015 based on absolute Quality, Singularity and Hedonistic / Intellectual appeal. Well done Mate's Vineyard Chardonnay 2014. View [...]
Congratulations to Ayana Misawa and her Grace Gris de Koshu 2014 for securing another Gold Medal at Decanter Asia Wine Awards. Grace Gris de Koshu 2014 Clear and bright lemon yellow colour and hints of green. On the nose, green apple and fresh notes of lime, followed by crispy scents of acacia flower and lemongrass, [...]
GOLD - Giesen The Brothers Marlborough Late Harvest Sauvignon Blanc 2013 Silver - Giesen The Brothers Marlborough Pinot Noir 2013 Bronze - Giesen Estate Riesling 2014
By Invitation Only... And following on from their recent success in the Bragato Wine Awards and NZ International Wine Show, Waimea Estates has been notified that their Waimea Gewurztraminer 2013 has won the Trophy for Champion Aromatic wine in the Six Nations Wine Challenge 2014. The challenging countries are Argentina, Australia, Chile, New Zealand, South [...]
2013 VINTAGE This wine has aromas of jasmine and white flowers, opulent spices, rose petal and banana. The palate of potpourri, lychees and white chocolate is long and lingering with a luscious off dry finish. “Classically Gewurz-like fruit on the nose with fragrances of lychee, lemon and rose-petal. There’s wonderful richness and power behind the [...]
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