Tag: new zealand
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Wine and Dine: Chicken Liver Parfait
It’s almost Christmas and time to get prepared for your festive feast! This is an impressive starter that the whole family will enjoy. It can be prepared up the week before and kept refrigerated. Ingredients 450g room temperature fresh chicken livers, trimmed of all sinew and any bile sacs 75 g banana shallots, finely sliced 2 ...
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Wine Trends: Our Predictions for 2023
What’s going up and what’s going down in the wine world in 2023? Read our predictions for the new year… Going up Quality new world Chardonnay Consumers are looking outside of Burgundy for their quality Chardonnay fix due to a run of short vintages leading to reduced yields, less availability, and an increase in prices. We recommend ...
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We need to talk about Kumeu River…
History After arriving in New Zealand in 1938 from Croatia Maté Brajkovich purchased a small vineyard with his parents in 1944, near the settlement of Kumeu, to the north west of Auckland. Maté’s son Michael took over the winemaking at Kumeu River Wines in 1982 and the potential began to be realised. The winery has now ...
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Great Alternatives to New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc
New Zealand, the world’s second largest producer of Sauvignon Blanc after France, will not be able to meet global demand in 2021 due to an exceptionally small harvest. Extreme spring frosts significantly impacted yields following an earlier-than-normal budburst, which particularly affected white grape varieties in Marlborough. The near-...
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Kumeu River: The New World Answer to Puligny-Montrachet
There is no denying that Kumeu River is one of the world's best Chardonnay producers and we view them as the New World answer to Puligny-Montrachet. In fact, most wine critics find it impossible to tell difference when tasting blind. Neal Martin of Vinous stated that Kumeu River is "amongst the very best Chardonnay producers in the world... Their ...