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WineFolio ‘Top 10 Tasting’ – Sauvignon Blanc

Welcome to the Top 10 Tasting of Sauvignon Blanc – the last time I did this varietal was around two and a half years ago – so we’re definitely due …

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A visit to Abel – with Mark McGill

As someone who loves to tell stories, I thoroughly enjoyed the twenty years that I spent working in tourism when I moved to New Zealand. It meant that not only …

The Tasting Table – 3rd June 2026

The usual, please

An evening with Destiny Bay

Wine Tourism

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Yarra Giant Steps
Mondillo

Central Otago: from Bendigo to Wanaka to Pisa

Matt Connell Tasting Room view

Central Otago – Cromwell

Kawerau Gorge, Gibbston Valley

Central Otago – Queenstown to Gibbston (pt.1)

Mates barrel hall 2022

West Auckland – Part 3

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Villa Maria Ngākirikiri 2021 wins ‘Best in Show’ at DWWA

Villa Maria’s flagship Cabernet Sauvignon, Ngākirikiri 2021, has been named one of the world’s best wines at the 2026 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA). The wine received a score of 97/100 and a coveted “Best in …

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Winemaker series: Jannine Rickards (pt2)

Jannine is the winemaker behind Huntress wines an independent label based in the Wairarapa. As well as making wines, she is literally a hunter. She describes this passion as “Hunting …

Winemaker series – Dave Mackintosh

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Villa Maria Ngākirikiri 2021 wins ‘Best in Show’ at DWWA

Villa Maria’s flagship Cabernet Sauvignon, Ngākirikiri 2021, has been named one of the world’s best wines at the 2026 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA). The wine received a score of 97/100 and a coveted “Best in …