This month we are heading back to Marlborough, to visit Bladen Wines. It’s one of the first wineries to be planted in Marlborough, and […]
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This Month we are heading back to the East Coast to visit Askerne Estate, an award-winning, family-run winery nestled in Havelock North in the […]
Featured Winery June 2026 – Askerne Estate Wines, Hawke’s Bay
This month we are heading back to the North Canterbury region in the South Island to visit The Crater Rim, a family-owned boutique winery […]
Featured Winery May 2025 – The Crater Rim, North Canterbury
THE BALANCE OF THE FORCES – Here’s a little story about how an Italian man and a French woman found their balance, far from […]
Featured Winery April 2026 – Equilibrium Makers, Martinborough
This month we are heading south again, to visit Wet Jacket Wines, a small, NZ owned brand in Central Otago, the brainchild of Central […]
Featured Winery March 2026 – Wet Jacket Wines, Central Otago
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
Ataahua Wines is a small-batch wine producer, led by Stephanie Henderson-Grant. Stephanie and her family have been involved in growing grapes and making wine […]
Featured Winery September 2025 – Ataahua Wines, Waipara, North Canterbury
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
Over the last couple of months, I have been tasting my way through the Misha’s Vineyard portfolio, and I have to say they have […]