The bargain of the week this week is Vidal Reserve Chardonnay 2010 from Hawke’s Bay. This is a drink now wine, but you’ll be rewarded if you can keep it for a couple of years. Paired with white fleshed fish, although not tarakihi, but suitably snapper and blue cod. The generous use of oak doesn’t detract
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Bargain of the week: Huia Gewurztraminer 2008 Marlborough For those of you fortunate to have frangipani trees in your gardens, well mix that with rose petal, peach, and Turkish delight and you have this wines aromas sorted, for those that don’t it’s an attractively perfumed wine that seduces you. The palate is rich and full
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Bargain of the week: Newton Forrest Stony Corner 2009 Hawke’s Bay AS far as quality Bordeaux wines from Hawke’s Bay go Stony Corner is right up there. This beat all-comers to be named top Cabernet blend in Cuisine Magazine’s 2011 annual Nrew Zealand reds tasting, including the 2009 Mission Jewelstone that famously beat Lafite-Rothschild in a recent high-profile
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Bargain of the week: Mountford Village Pinot Noir 2007 Waipara Although a few years old this wine can handle the age, and will be good for the next 2-3 years. Crimson in colour and definitely Waipara on the nose. The great Waipara terroir comes through with distinctive beetroot and black cherry mixed with some wild shitake
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Bargain of the Week: Wild Earth Pinot Noir Wild Earth has never been so cheap! The 2006 vintage of Wild Earth Pinot Noir won many international accolades and was highly sought after. Fast forward to 2011 and it’s incredible to find this wine on offer for under $30, I used to sell it for $45
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