MARTINBOROUGH PINOTS “CLASSICS”  Martinborough’s flagship Pinot Noir wines have been rated as “classics” by two leading Australian expert wine writers. Tyson Stelzer and Huon Hooke tasted Martinborough’s spectrum of aged wines, recent releases and barrel samples with local winemakers after the Pinot Noir 2013 conference. Winepress’s Stelzer said he was “reminded that Martinborough is the
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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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Jayson Bryant tastes Central Otago Vs Martinborough Pinot Noir in a head to head taste off. Rippon Pinot Noir from Central Otago Vs Dry River Pinot Noir from Martinborough, New Zealand.