Just how natural is the wine in the bottle you’ve just bought from your local wine store or supermarket? For many years now there has been a food lobby group trying to get food producers to state on the packet a comprehensive list of ingredients used in the product. Wine producers, however, seem reluctant to
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Can you taste minerals in wine? This question has arisen many times before about minerals in wine. “specifically, what minerals can you smell/taste in this #nzwine? “Mineral” should be banned from tasting notes IMHO.” said @winepour on Twitter, when I described Pegasus Bay Pinot Noir 2009 as to having a mineral aftertaste. After licking rocks
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With Vintage 2012 of New Zealand wine underway there’s a hint of excite in the air. One could be confused thinking that the excitement is because, after a hard years work in the vineyard, that wineries are now starting to process the fruits of the labour. Whilst many are excited for this reason, it’s another
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On my recent search for my Sauvignon Blanc Summer Series, forgetting Summer of Riesling, I wondered down to my local supermarkets to pick a few wines to review. On scouring the aisles I was appalled to see wines being sold at more that 30% above RRP only for them to probably slash the price by $10 so
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Dr John Forrest, of Forrest Estate wines, has started a campaign encouraging Marlborough winemakers and growers to adopt an Appellation d’origine contrôlée system similar to the French. ‘My goal, and legacy to the wine industry, is to establish a quality-conscious syndicate of producers, with strict controls over yield and quality.’ New Zealand wine has seen many
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