New Zealand’s Scapegrace Distilling Co. is celebrating another international win, with the World Whiskey Awards held overnight in London.
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2023 was a record year for the number of wines I tasted, evaluated, and judged. These included Panel Chair for the New Zealand entries at the Decanter World Wine Awards, Chair for the Canberra International Riesling Challenge, Selector for the Hawkes Bay Chardonnay Challenge, various local wine shows around New Zealand, various online and print publications including Decanter and MiNDFOOD, multiple wine tasting events around Aotearoa New Zealand, and my own website review business site at CamDouglasMS.com, many hundreds of wines have touched my palate.
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Now that summer is here (Aucklanders may have a different opinion) the wind may be a little stronger yet everything is pointing to a drier, warmer season than the previous two years. I looked at the NIWA site and the 4 points below point to a windy, warmer summer 2024….
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Is there too much wine being grown globally?
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If wine tasting is part of your travel itinerary this summer and that travel includes a trip to the south island this summer - or - you live in the south island and were thinking about somewhere different to go then STOP!
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As a wine buyer for Rodd and Gunn’s Lodge Bar entities I sometime buy magnums for when a group request the them and it’s great for staff to sell magnums instead of second bottles of the same wine, they do look grand. They also take up a lot of space….
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Treasury Wine Estates reached an agreement to buy Daou Vineyards, launched by brothers Daniel and Georges Daou in 2007, for an “upfront consideration of $900 million, plus an additional earn-out of up to $100 million,” the Australian corporation announced Monday, calling Daou “the fastest-growing luxury wine brand in the United States.”
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Good bye glass - Hello bag in box - Well not quite
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Structural shifts in Central Otago's Pinot Noir wine industry…..
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An early harvest was expected due to above average growing degree days (GDDs) but the cooler weather late in season was a welcome relief and resulted in a more normal picking window…..
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Lawson’s Dry Hills hold independent certifications for ISO14001, Environmental Management and ISO14064, Carbon Zero….
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