New Flavour Restaurant
Dominion Road has become Auckland’s default Chinatown with a multitude of Chinese restaurants and businesses in the city fringe suburb (about a ten minute taxi ride from downtown Auckland CBD).…
Young Wine Vs Old Wine
Over the last month I have opened a few wines, as one does, and this time it was a mixture of new and older vintages. I often get this question…
What I Drank in The Holidays
Our Auckland summer keeps going and going and long may it last. Grapes love dry, hot weather – so bring it on. Most folks will now be in denial, having…
Matt Connell – Wines Southern Superman
Matt Connell was born in Taranaki and grew up in Christchurch, eventually making his way north to where working at iconic Auckland microbrewery Galbraiths inspired him to complete a post-grad…
Wonderful Waipara – NZ’s best kept secret
Waipara? Somewhere near north Canterbury isn’t it? Yes it is, and if you want to get into some fantastic wines, you should know more about it. Sitting up straight? Corkscrew in hand? Glass at…
Rockin’ the Central Otago’s Rockburn wines.
A Central Otago high-flyer, Rockburn has done very well, with their pinot noir picking up numerous awards. Winery owner is Dunedin cardiothoracic surgeon Richard Bunton. The winemaker is former microbiologist…