This month we are heading south again, to visit Wet Jacket Wines, a small, NZ owned brand in Central Otago, the brainchild of Central […]
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This month, we’re heading to Northland, the far north of New Zealand, to visit the Dancing Petrel Vineyard, situated on Paewhenua Island, overlooking the […]
Featured Winery February 2026 – Dancing Petrel Vineyard, Northland
To kick off the New Year we are visiting Te Whare Ra (TWR), a small vineyard and winery located in the Marlborough sub-region of […]
Featured Winery January 2026 – Te Whare Ra (TWR)
This month we head to the south of Marlborough, slightly inland from Kaikoura, to visit the Esses Wine Company, a premium grower-producer creating sophisticated, […]
Featured Winery, December 2025 – Esses Wine Company, Kaikoura
This month we are staying in Marlborough and visiting Ripple Effect Wines, a tiny family project on a one hectare, hillside, dry-farmed block in […]
Featured Winery, November 2025 – Ripple Effect Wines, Marlborough
A couple of years ago I attended a wine tasting here in New Plymouth, with Terry Horn, one of the owners of the Unison […]
Featured Winery, August 2025 – Unison Vineyard, Hawke’s Bay
This month we are visiting Tapi wines in Marlborough, one of three labels by Altschwager Kenneally who are creating small-batch and big-hearted wines, both […]
Featured Winery June 2025, Tapi Wines from Marlborough
The days of ABC (Anything But Chardonnay) have long gone and Chardonnay is having a ‘huge comeback.’ New Zealand has been producing Chardonnay for […]
Featured Winery May 2025 – Tony Bish Wines, Hawke’s Bay
This month, we head back up to Kumeu near Auckland, to visit Soljans Estate Winery. Family owned and operated since 1937, The Soljan family […]
Featured Winery March 2025 – Soljans Estate Winery, Auckland
This month we are visiting Q Wine, situated in the Waitaki wine region. In Waitaki, the vineyards stretch along a 75 kilometre strip, from […]
Featured Winery February 2025 – Q Wine, Waitaki
This month we head to Martinborough, to find out all about The Elder Pinot, a small Martinborough family business founded in 2010, by Nigel […]
Featured Winery May 2024 – The Elder Pinot – Martinborough
This month we head on over to Waiheke Island to visit Postage Stamp Wines. Inspired by the beauty of Waiheke Island, Andrew Barnes and […]
Featured Winery April 2024 – Postage Stamp Wines – Waiheke ...
This month we head to Christchurch where nestled on the rocky slopes of the Port Hills, overlooking the city, there is a vineyard. Situated […]
Featured Winery February 2024 – Tussock Hill Vineyard
Freedom – Liberty – Salvation Saorsa is ‘micro-small’ family-owned wine producer with each Montaperto – Hendry chipping in to make it a success. Alex […]
Featured Winery of the Month Sept 2023 – Saorsa Wines
Wooing Tree is a family owned single vineyard Pink Moon, nestled below the Pisa Ranges in the town of Cromwell in the heart of […]