Some of the best wines I have tasted so far this year and not given away to family and friends - meaning Janet and I have enjoyed more than a glass each of these wines with dinner – are listed below. It’s not the complete list…
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Learning to taste wine is a skill for anyone willing to learn how their palate works can master. As a teenager I used to buy only what the budget could afford, which was often bag-in-box velluto rosso red, and on special occasions I would buy Wolf Blass red label.
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I always thought Paul was a southland born lad, he seems so connected to the land, but I was wrong, he’s was born in Hamilton “the mighty Tron” as he likes to call it. His mum is from Hamilton too and his dad from France.
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Riesling challenge 2022 - Entries open
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Elaine Chukan Brown is a writer, speaker, and educator specialising in wine, personal empowerment, and social justice. She is the executive editor for USA wine at JancisRobinson.com.
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Three major furnaces has severely reduced the availability of glass bottles across Europe
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So the Champagne Houses are developing single variety expressions from a single village (may change each year) from a single variety are affording producers the opportunity to explore the voice of location through a sparkling wine program….
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I happened to be in Sonoma a few weeks back noticing the parched dry land that has been impacted by drought. Recent fires and smoke taint drift has to have had an impact as well…..
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It is arguably becoming a lot more common for new generation drinkers to reject what their parents drink in favour of what they discover. As a lecturer in wine at AUT University for 25 years I….
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Should 'Grand Cru' on the label of NZ Wines be possible?
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New Zealand reclaims Sauvignon Blanc crown
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Nina Downer from Felton Road Wins
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