Seifried Estate 50th vintage and new label
I have been following the growth of Seifried Estate for decades, since the early 1980’s in fact, when I first started developing an interest in wine. I clearly remember ‘doing the wine trail’ when it consisted of just three or…
Seifried Estate 50th vintage and new label
I have been following the growth of Seifried Estate for decades, since the early 1980’s in fact, when I first…
Summerset in the Sun Wine & Food Tasting
I recently took part in a food and wine tasting at Summerset in the Sun, Stoke, Nelson. Ian from Rust…
Bob’s Rock Wines
Bob’s Rock Vineyard is a tiny producer tucked away on a hillside location at Ngatimoti. Producing less than 200 cases…
Anchorage Wines- Stripping back helps Motueka Winemakers and Growers strike gold
Following on from my previous column about how Motueka Winemakers and Growers (formerly Anchorage Wines) set about restructuring their business…
Great Scutt: New label wine for the ages
Scutt Wines is a tiny producer you may not have heard of before because owners Johnson Scutt and Georgie Hoby…
North Eatery
One of our favourite places to sit in the sun, enjoy a glass of wine and devour tasty a woodfired…
Sheild Wines
Trudy Sheild is the very talented winemaker behind some of the best wines produced in this region, and I have…
Flaxmore Vineyards
Flaxmore Vineyards takes its name from the road it sits on, Flaxmore Road in Upper Moutere. The former apple orchard…
Te Mania & Richmond Plains Wineries
Labour Weekend is when wineries traditionally throw open their cellar doors for the summer and this year is no different…