Wine Tastings



I feel it’s a privilege to receive so many samples from New Zealand’s wine producers and to share my thoughts on these wines via […]

JB’s Top Wines of 2019








“Trinity Hill is often referred to as an iconic New Zealand winery because they consistently produce superb examples of traditional and innovative wine varieties.” […]

Trinity Hill Wines at Decanta Tapas Bar


Established in 1985, Negociants New Zealand is a distributor of premium wines from around the world. We are very pleased to present at the […]

Negociants Fine Wine Tour 2017




April’s Wine Club tasting at Decanta Tapas Bar in New Plymouth, was presented by Martin Grieg of Ngatarawa Wines from the Hawke’s Bay. A […]

Ngatarawa Tasting at Decanta



A number of years ago I attended a tasting at Vino Fino in Christchurch, where a number of producers from the very new Waitaki […]

River-T Estate Waitaki Wines



Another excellent tasting event at Decanta Tapas Bar in New Plymouth on Tuesday evening. Simon Fell, Winemaker for Thornbury Wines came along and introduced […]

Thornbury Wines at Decanta


Last Wine Tasting of 2016 for the Decanta Tapas Bar wine club in New Plymouth – Peregrine Wines! As usual the awesome team at […]

Peregrine Wines at Decanta


“Dirtoir is the brainchild of Jules van Cruysen and Asher Boote, who created this new brand after seeing how much amazing, unique, site-driven wine effectively […]

The Reds of Dirtoir