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Below are notes I took at the home of Hiro Kusuda in New Zealand in February 2009. See my profile...
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After 30 years of captivating consumers with distinctive flavours ranging from gooseberry to nettles via passionfruit, cat’s pee, asparagus, citrus...
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The UK wine market is fiendishly competitive at the moment and those in charge of generic promotion of the New...
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Murray Paterson of the viticultural consultancy Vinifera Services sends the following report on the 2009 grape harvest in Marlborough, where...
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When I was in New Zealand recently I was keen to catch up with recent developments in vineyards and cellars...
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In Marlborough, New Zealand, they are celebrating 30 years of producing Sauvignon Blanc at the country's leading wine producer Montana...
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It was a pleasure to taste most of the 2007 Pinot Noirs made in Central Otago (over 60 from a...
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Pinot Noir Week continues. New Zealand was already showing signs of Pinotmania at the turn of the century and total...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. With any luck the 2009 vintage...
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Here are my verbatim tasting notes taken on the spot at yesterday’s fascinating blind tasting New Zealanders take on Bordeaux...
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Yesterday in London a small New Zealand wine region pitted its wines against the very...
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All the talk between wine people has been of the exceptional Australian heatwave that has been ravaging the country and...
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The following notes were taken from two consecutive tastings in London last week to which I was despatched while Jancis...
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