After two months on the road, I’m finally back home in New Zealand after a great trip through Europe and the USA. Taking the role of a travelling salesman, I’ve been in countless airports, highways, planes, trains, taxis, cars. Just the one delivery truck journey across state lines, but that’s a story for another time…
Knowingly or not, travel is always in the pursuit of inspiration. Even when the travelling is to see family in person again after 3 years apart, we’re seeking something else too. We’re looking to get grounded, reinvigorate, reconnect and ultimately inspire ourselves to live better lives. There is, of course, the part where we introduce…
Daniel discovered a great photo while visiting home recently; the Giunta family. They were a Sicilian farming family who emigrated to the Philadelphia area. This photo was taken at their South Jersey farm (date unknown, but we think sometime in the 1950s). The Giunta family farmed this land well into the 1980s, a hardworking and…
The first thing I should do is clear up any confusion from our last email. There were at least a few of you who thought we were leaving New Zealand for good. Nothing is further from the truth! I’m just amidst a long trip mixing lots of work with a bit of down time with…
It’s time to go home. Like so many others throughout the world, our extended family has been separated for the past two and a half years. In our case we have a new addition, baby Juliette, who has not met anyone in her international whānau. So, it’s time to go home. I miss my Mom….
Taco Nouveau Event for FAWC. We’ll be pouring the 2022 Giunta Malbec Nouveau! As well as other taco-loving wines.
I can feel the transition coming. As all the wines have now been pressed and are either in tank or barrel, we are already looking ahead at some bottling dates. In fact we already have one 2022 wine in bottle, the very exciting Decibel Petulant Naturale. But our next two wines going to bottle are…
As I write this on Monday the 4th of April, not only did we finish picking over a week ago but we’re also putting our first 2022 wine to bottle in the morning. Whoa, did that go fast or what!? Maybe it was the fact that as winemakers, we were all on baited breath as…
Testify Chardonnay 2020 – 92 points “The 2020 Chardonnay Testify offers substantial concentration and a weighty core of savory fruit. It’s a big mouthful of just-ripe Conference pears, beeswax, and hazelnut flavors. Despite its assuring core, the wine concludes with salivating acidity and a sense of texture that focuses the wine on the lengthy finish.” …
On Crunchy Red wines. Harvest hit us fast and hard this past Saturday with some gorgeous organic fruit; Chardonnay and Pinot Noir both destined for new certified organic wines. The Chardonnay portion will go into my first official foray into the ‘Pet Nat’ space. I made my first Pet Nat style wine in 2012, well…