Michelin-starrred chef Roger Jones of The Harrow, Little Bedwyn somehow managed to find time to taste and produce the following report while preparing last Saturday’s dinner for purple...

I used to think that South Africa’s was the most beautiful wine country in the world but now that I have at last visited Central Otago in the south of New Zealand’s South Island I am...

I tasted many succulent Pinots when I was in beautiful Central Otago recently but chose this one as wine of the week as it seemed to me to be particularly good value (thanks to high costs and...

As my lumbering turbo-prop from Queenstown finally landed in Christchurch, capital city of New Zealand’s South Island, last night, I suddenly realised I was already missing the tight-knit group...

Martin Nettleton, Yorkshire: I wonder if you might be able to provide some tasting notes for a bottle of Dom Jacques Prieur, Chambertin 1988 given to me for my birthday by a friend recently?...

Phil Handford, Hamilton, NZ: Great to see the full tasting of 120+ New Zealand Pinot Noir . This is an excellent way to get a comparison of what is developing in NZ at a point in time. Have...

To most of the world’s wine drinkers, if New Zealand means anything at all it is pungent, crystal-cut Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc but Kiwis themselves are more likely to see Pinot Noir as their...

See also my overview of NZ Pinot in general, and a profile of Central Otago in particular in wine news from Saturday 19 mar. Most of the 120+ wines below were tasted blind within region –...