Food & Wine

Depending on where you shop, there’s no doubt that there are a vast array of price points out there for Central Pinot Noir.

For the curious, there are a handful of wine styles that sit outside the mainstream, offering flavour profiles and textures distinct from the classic wines we have all come to know.

Congratulations to Nina Downer of Felton Road Wines, who has won the NZ Young Viticulturist of the Year competition, bringing the crown back to Central!

Somewhat of a mixed assortment for your delectation today, as much by expediency as by design.

I always like to acknowledge the results of the Central Otago legs of the Young Viticulturist & Winemaker competitions in these pages.

Gisborne - Tairāwhiti - ‘‘First to see the light’’, as the marketing tagline says, making Gisborne the first city on the mainland to see the sunrise each day.

It's pinot Jim, but not as we know it.

Recent years have seen a prolific rise in interest in chardonnay in the retail market, partly driven by the plethora of offerings from California that have flooded the country.