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It’s NZ Rosé day this Saturday! Dan talks through this year’s vintage and where you can get this wine to celebrate along with us.
Made from Pinot Noir, this wine jumps out of the glass with fresh fruit and floral aromatics and while very soft at first finishes with lots of character. Drink this wine with summer sunshine and if you’re feeling adventurous a New Zealand Pavlova.
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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…
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The largest Wine Show in New Zealand with Chief Judge Bob Campbell leading the tastings and it seems Dan makes a pretty good drop or two, or three or twelve… Gold Decibel Martinborough Pinot Noir 2019 Decibel Pacific Passenger Pinot Noir 2020 Silver Giunta Riesling 2021 Testify Pinot Noir 2018 Bronze Testify Chardonnay 2020 Decibel…
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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…
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A perfect paella is something I’m yet to achieve; but endlessly work towards. Thus far, the closest I’ve got to perfection is a “pretty good” paella left overnight eaten cold for breakfast. I’m yet to achieve the revered crispy crust (socarrat); instead oscillating in my overcorrection between burnt and soupy. The good news is that…
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This week we will announce the inaugural winner of the Hawke’s Bay Writing Scholarship. A few folks on the HB Winegrowers’ Board reached out to me back in winter to help develop this as a way to nurture local writing talent. I hopped on the opportunity. This is because I feel strongly that, like in…
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On tough harvests and the changing marketplace for wines. This year in Hawke’s Bay and Martinborough (Wairarapa) we are seeing some challenging conditions where our talented growers had to fight off quite a bit of pressure with powdery mildew. The wet spring was followed by a very dry and hot stretch until early February where…