Dry River Wines For the past decade I’ve faced a dilema. One of the most celebrated New Zealand wines just failed to excite me. “First world problem” I hear you shout. First world problem indeed, but I’ve always tried to understand their wines, and what makes them so successful. I recently had the chance to
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Dry River wines are some of the most iconic New Zealand wines. From the small region of Martinborough that is more renowned for Pinot Noir than Chardonnay. Jayson Bryant tastes Dry River Chardonnay 2004 Martinborough for UnScrewed TV.

No matter how hard one tries these articles never please all of the people, but here are my recommendations of wineries to visit during the Rugby World Cup or any other type of vacation. My recommendations are based on cellar door experience, quality of the wines, and how much the wineries engage with their customers
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Pinot Smackdown is here with Jayson Bryant and New Zealand Pinot Noir dominating this auspicious event and I’m tasting Nga Waka Pinot Noir 2009. Using the hashtag of #PinotSmackDown #NZ you can use social media to join the event.

This has to be bargain of the week, Margrain Pinot Noir 2008. Now when I was in retail we used to sell this wine for over $40. So a drop of $20 in price is not to be sniffed at, although it does reflect the wine industry at this point in time. Margrain Vineyard is
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