Are #wine days losing their flavour? Over the last few years there’s been a plethora of wine days on Twitter. From Chardonnay Day through to Grenache day they’ve come and gone. With the advent of platforms such as twitter, Facebook, and event management portal Eventbrite globale tasting days have proved popular. Champions of the social media
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Lifewise Big Sleep out in Auckland Yep, it’s that time of year again when I asked all the readers to kindly donate as much as you can to my sponsorship page. Lifewise Big Sleep out is my way of giving back to the community. Alcohol plays a significant part of homeless life and to offer
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Wines of Martinborough Flying to Wellington is always exciting, and that’s just the landing. Every time I land safely after my white knuckle ride I know that I will have to take off in the same conditions. The rough ride into Wellington makes for a dramatic aspect to any visit to its closest wine region.
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Pinot Noir: Perception is different to reality I recently held a New Zealand only Pinot Noir blind tasting. All wines were carefully decanted and labels covered. This way it showed the wines at their best without peoples perception of marketing and region. New Zealand, and the rest of the world it seems, is in love
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Wither Hills Winery Visiting any winery can be like wine porn to the avid enthusiast, but seeing Wither Hills the latest in high tech berry selection was fantastic. Using the optical berry selector they are rejecting about 2-3 % of fruit picked, but in some years that figure can be as high as 4-5%. State
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