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Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, editor-in-chief of "The Wine Advocate" recently held a tasting for New Zealand Wine.
We are happy to received the reviews back for our wine.
2011 Prestige Collection Late Harvest Gewürztraminer 90 point
2011 Prestige Collection Noble Gewürztraminer 91 point
2011 Prestige Collection Chardonnay 90+ point
2012 Prestige Collection Chardonnay 89+point
We are d
elighted to say that our Late Harvest Gewurztraminer has been awarded another gold medal. This time at the prestigious Spiegelau Wine Awards held in Blenheim (South Island New Zealand). Our 2012 Sauvignon Blanc also picked up a silver medal which is excellent news.
The judges were led by Mike DeGaris and New Zealand wine reviewer Raymond Chan. The judges were served tasting "flights" of up to 40 wines in one hit to sample and mark out of 20.
More than 1000 wines were entered this year, on par with last year's figures.
Emma Jenkins demystifies the art of cellering wine.
With her advice it needn't be expensive or nor a lesson in patience.
19. 2011 Osawa Late Harvest Gewurztraminer,
$28 (375ml). Aromatic, lusciously sweet and
altogether rather decadent, you’ll be pleased
to have a few bottles of dessert wine tucked
away when they’re as smart as this. Very well
balanced with a lively citrus lift on the finish.
A very strong lineup, featuring a trio of outstanding dessert wines; and two memorable Hwkes's Bay syrahs.
Michael awarded the Late Harvest and Noble Gewurztraminers 5 stars each and the 2011 Prestige Collection Chardonnay received 4.5 stars.
Gourmet Wi
ne Traveller magazine is now in the
shops. Do take a look and see what Bob
Cambell had to say about his 100 best wines.
Wine makes every meal an occasion, every table more elegant, every day
more civilised," observed the sage gourmet and wine scribe, Andre Simon.
With the season of significant dining shortly upon us, it's time to
break out the wines that befit these special celebrations.
Given our national love of desserts, it's surprising that sweet or
dessert wines are not more popular. It may be that consumers think that
if they're spending $30-plus on a bottle of wine it should be bigger
than the 375ml bottle that dessert wines often are.
And why are they this size? Sweet wines are complicated beasts to get right, needing certain weather patterns to allow the grapes an extended level of ripeness, and the ongoing winemaking process is and fraught with a high degree of difficulty.
See what Wine NZ magazine had to say about our new wines.