Craggy Range wines have become synonymous with great valued Hawke’s Bay red wine, and the Te Kahu is no exception, this wine simply over delivers! Made from a blend of grapes using the traditional varietals of Bordeaux and all the fruit is from one region of Hawke’s Bay called The Gimblett Gravels. The Gimblett Gravels
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Part of the Family of 12, making wine since the 1970′s, and named after the bay in which their vineyards lie, Pegasus Bay have established themselves as Waipara’s premium winery. Waipara is about 45 minutes north of Christchurch on New Zealand’s South Island. The soil structure is gravely deposits on flats and terraces in the
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The new kids on the block in Bendigo, Central Otago, have been ripping it up throughout the world  promoting their wine. Misha and Andy Wilkinson concieved the idea of owning a vineyard and then started the search back in 2001. In 2004 they had found the perfect spot in Bendigo. Bendigo, formerly a sheep station,
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Wine Review: Mahi Chardonnay 2009, Marlborough. There are aromas of tobacco, kaffir lime leaf, nuts and sweaty socks that make this wine very interesting. The nose is layered with various aromas and general excitement not seen on many new world Chardonnays these days. The palate was a real surprise after such an interesting array of
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Wine Review: Sean Thackrey Orion 2008. This wine scored 95 points by Rober Parker so I was expecting a big full on beast that would wrestle me to the ground, but the Rhone styled blend was all grace. The way Robert Parker has marked wines I have tried before left me feeling nervous, the monstrous
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