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Like a great old vintage, we thought this article from Anne Krebihl MW was too good not to share.  Read below some straightforward insights into the ageing of fine wine. Most wines sold in the world today are made for immediate consumption without the need for cellaring (our Pinot Noir Blanc for example). Some wine lovers, however, prefer to "lay wine down," or store bottles for a few years in order to enjoy them when the flavours have evolved.So what happens as wine ages, and how do its flavours change? Which wines should be aged? And, most importantly, why do we...

Dear friends, what a time we are living in!The photo above is from the summit of Mt Barker - our home and isolation point. The eternal truth remains.......He aha te mea nui o te ao. He tāngata, he tāngata, he tāngataWhat is the most important thing in the world? It is people, it is people, it is people.

Tastebuds meet the naked expression of the heartbreak grape, our Pinot Noir Blanc.  This style of Pinot Noir is not only utterly delicious and equally refreshing, it is the purest example of the vineyard and the vintage that we can imagine.Unlike a Rosé, a blanc wine spends no time on skins.  The white juice that hides inside the red grape skins makes a fascinating wine.  Only the juice from 100% Pinot Noir fruit can be called Pinot Noir Blanc, which is easy for us as it's the only thing we grow.Here's what Master Sommelier, Cameron Douglas had to say:A new release wine from the...

A simple technique for simplistic wines? Not so nowadays, says Andy Howard MW, who discovered there was still plenty to learn when he set out to find his 30 top examples of red wines made using this well-known, but often misunderstood whole-grape winemaking method…