New Zealand’s best value Pinot Noir? Mission Estate Martinborough Pinot Noir 2012 (priced from just $14.99) wins Gold at the International Wine Challenge. A gold medal at the world’s most prestigious wine competition confirms what canny local Pinot Noir fans have known for a while – it’s possible to enjoy an exceptional New Zealand Pinot
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Decanter World Wine Awards 2013  Congratulations to all of the medal winners at the recent Decanter World Wine Awards 2013. What is worth noting is the amount of Gold medals awarded to New Zealand Pinot Noir. Pinot Noir has outclassed New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, and every other wine style. Ara Select Blocks Sauvignon Blanc 2012
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Peter Yealand’s Sauvignon Blanc 2012 Marlborough In this episode I taste Peter Yealand’s Sauvignon Blanc 2012 from Marlborough, New Zealand. The wine is packaged in a PET bottle aiming at giving the winery some green credentials. It’s a pretty smart wine, and I agree with the judges that have given this wine a Gold at
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Four Marlborough Sauvignon Blancs to get the mouth watering After Sauvignon Blanc Day, using social media platforms, I tasted 4 wines. Inspired by the recent rush of information about just how good NZ Sauvignon Blanc was and definitely is, it was a chance to savour Marlborough. Marlborough has definitely witnessed a rise in quality of
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Saint Clair Wairau Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2012 In this episode of unscrewed TV I taste one of marlborough’s finest Sauvignon Blancs. Saint Clair winery, in Marlborough, New Zealand, are world renowned for making some of the best show stopping Sauvignon Blancs in the world.