Highlights from the NZIWS Awards Dinner - Part 1
1 Oct 2012: The wineoftheweek.com Trophy for Champion Other White Wine goes to ... This year there were five contenders for the Trophy that bear this website's name - they were the gold medal winners...
View ArticleHighlights from the NZIWS Awards Dinner - Part 2
2 Oct 2012: "I'm seating you with some wine producers," said Kingsley. These weren't just any wine producers; they were gold medal winning producers who were coming to the New Zealand International...
View ArticleHighlights from the NZIWS Awards Dinner - Part 3: Vic Williams
2 Oct 2012: One of the big surprises at the NZIWS Awarded Dinner last Saturday night was the awarding of the Sir George Fistonich Medal for a Legend of New Zealand Wine to Vic Williams - the person...
View ArticleThe NZIWS Champions List booklet is out
12 Oct 2012: This is the Champions List booklet from the 2012 New Zealand International Wine Show. Bottle images and short descriptions of all of the Trophy and gold medals winners, plus photos of key...
View ArticleHow to make a picnic wine glass holder
17 Oct 2012: This is for readers of my Urban and Country column although you are welcome to have a go if you stumble across these instructions by chance. These are meant to be simple instructions and...
View ArticleGold Medal List Updated
25 Oct 2012: My list of wines that have won gold medals at New Zealand Wine Shows has been updated with the trophy results of the New Zealand International Wine Show, the gold and trophy results of the...
View ArticleGeorge Fistonich: Winemaker
31 Oct 2012: What a grand occasion it was at Villa Maria's 50th birthday celebrations last Friday. Five hundred guests, including the Prime Minister of New Zealand, descended on the Villa Maria...
View ArticleAn obscure variety or two
8 Nov 2012: What do Osteiner, Cano Blanco, Pecorino, Rebula, Gringet, Petite Arvine, Jampal, Savagnin, Taminga, Alfrocheiro Preto, Babic, Cabernet Genischt, Bobal, Fumin and Teroldego have in common?
View ArticleDiversity at instore wine tastings
12 Nov 2012: On the back of the obscure varieties tasting, see previous post, I head to First Glass Wine ad Spirits' weekly tasting and first up another variety I had never heard of. Grillo
View ArticleAirNZ Wine Awards and some stats from the past few years
18 Nov 2012: The gold medal winners from the 2012 Air New Zealand Wine Awards have been announced with 97 gold medals awarded from a total entry of 1367 wines (7 percent). With an additional 183 silver...
View ArticleAlexandra pinots have the x-factor
26 Nov 2012: Is the price of suitable vineyard land about to go up in what seems to be the most underrated of all Central Otago sub regions? I'm talking about Alexandra, a 25-minute drive south of the...
View ArticleMahurangi River's 2010 vintage excels
13 Dec 2012: Do you live in Auckland? If so, have you been to the Mahurangi River Winery and Restaurant just east of Warkworth? Shame on you if you haven't. It really is a gem of a place to eat good...
View ArticleRiesling to the occasion - Part 1: West Brook
20 Dec 2012: Riesling lover John Trombley, from Ohio (and before that, Detroit), emailed me a few months ago to say he and his wife Barbara would be in Auckland for a few hours and could we possibly...
View ArticleRiesling to the occasion - Part 2: Auburn Wines
21 Dec 2012: When I heard from John Trombley about his impending visit (see previous post Dec 20th 2012), a wine lover known around Internet circles as Riesling Rat and SweetStuff, I knew that I had to...
View ArticleRiesling to the occasion - Part 3: Rippon, Dry River, Pegasus Bay, Rockburn
31 Dec 2012: If you have read Part 1 (Dec 20) and Part 2 (Dec 21), you will know these articles are about showcasing the diverse styles of Riesling that New Zealand produces. As explained in Part 1,...
View ArticleI have a new blog
1 Apr 2013: New month, new beginnings, new hosting service for http://wineoftheweek.com , new blog. Been playing with WordPress. Please bookmark my new blog and new feed
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