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Central Otago - Mid Winter Day Two

Central Otago - Mid Winter Visit - Day 1

Christmas Bubbles: Save by the case!

Paris and Home

The South-West, a Lot to love

Rhoaming Provence

Vendage!

Yonne-der into Burgundy

Champagne to Chablis

Wineseeker goes to France (again!)

Wellington has lost a wine giant

Yesterday we attended the life celebration of Raymond Chan. With warm sunshine and a fresh breeze, hundreds of New Zealand’s distinguished wine community gathered beneath the dappled shade of oak t...

Meet Churton - Organic Champion

Vista Wine Visit

On Friday we had the pleasure of hosting Greg Dyden- the owner of boutique Nelson vineyard Vista. We tasted their Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris. Vista vineyard is situated on North-West facing slopes o...

Private Cellar Offer

One of our friends and colleagues has been forced to 'liquidate' their beloved wine cellar, a virtual treasure trove of premium older New Zealand wines. The collection includes old vintages of N...

Spanish Quaffing Wines

Spain boasts by far the largest land area of vines in the world - at a stunning 1,000,000 hectares of vines, making our paltry 35,000 look like we aren't even trying! Land area doesn't necessarily...

A Vertical Tasting of Dry River

On Saturday evening we had the great pleasure to host Winemaker Wilco Lam from Dry River. As exciting as it is to taste wines from Martinborough's most prestigious winery, it is even better when ol...

Climate Change & Wine

If you don't believe that climate change exists, you might want to stop reading about now. According to NASA, the earth's climate has changed dramatically through history, in the last 650,000 years...

A Touch of Olde England

With Jarrett returning from his travels across Europe, an unexpected surprise from his luggage sprang a bottle of English wine - my first taste ever from Britania. As far as climates go, one wouldn...

Congratulations Raymond Chan

Those in the 'wine industry' in Wellington, or indeed New Zealand will know the name Raymond Chan. One of the tireless independent wine reviewers, wine critic, judge and flag bearer for the fine wi...

Terroir of Burgundy Tasting

Sometimes we just need an excuse to open up some really top shelf wines, the kind of wines that are treasured around the world and with unfortunate price tags to match. Our most recent tasting even...

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