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Website: https://kumeuriver.co.nz/ Michael Brajkovic was in town to show the latest releases of Kumeu River’s Chardonnays, from the 2024 vintage.
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The Gimblett Gravels is a special sub-region in the Hawke’s Bay region of New Zealand. As the name suggests, the
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I remember the first time I tried Pinot Noir from Central Otago. It was at a tasting in London back
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Third stop was another new producer for me: Australian James Opie has a hospitality background and loves music, and makes
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I’ve visited Black Estate a few times before, and I’ve always liked the wines. Low-intervention winemaking at its best. Black
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Website: www.dww.co.nz It’s always great to visit new producers, and this was the first time I’d visited Dancing Water. It’s
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https://www.northcanterburywines.co.nz North Canterbury is the region that includes the Waipara Valley, a few isolated vineyards on the Banks Peninsula, and
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First look at the 2025 vintage in Marlborough by way of one of the region’s classics, the Cloudy Bay Sauvignon
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New Zealand is a relative newcomer in the roll call of significant wine-producing countries. It wasn’t until the mid-1980s that
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Back in February I attended Pinot Noir 2025 in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was quite a special event. One of
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