Julia writes As Jancis explains in her FT article this Saturday, the collection of wines reviewed below is the result of a diligent and thoughtful tasting carried out by two British Masters of Wine, Susie Barrie and Peter Richards, authors of the successful and entertaining Wine Blast podcast and for many years the wine faces of BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen. (I have known...
Carefully selected New Zealanders – the tasting notes
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Smart Chardonnay, diverse Sauvignon Blanc, well-priced Pinot Noir. Above, Kevin Judd’s photo shows Falveys vineyard in the upper Omaka Valley in the Marlborough region, source of his some of his Greywacke Wild Sauvignon and Mendoza-clone Chardonnay.
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