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Negociants breaks free
07-03-2012 | Category: England Business Wines Australia New Zealand News Merchant to sell directly to on-trade and independents
Red Heat
01-11-2011 | Category: Tastings Wines New Zealand In New Zealand’s warmer North Island, there is a growing feeling that the best reds are being made not with Cabernet and Merlot, but Syrah. Rebecca Gibb heads to Hawke’s Bay and discovers a battle between winemaking idealism and hard-nosed pragmatism
Kiwi conquers top châteaux
18-08-2011 | Category: Bordeaux Wines New Zealand News Mission Estate outpoints Lafite, Latour and Margaux
NZ uses rugby to tackle on-trade
10-08-2011 | Category: Wines New Zealand News Agents can win a trip to New Zealand, taking an on-trade customer with them
SWA 2011: NEW WORLD - PINOT GRIS
01-05-2011 | Category: White only New Zealand Sommelier Wine Awards 2011 The Gris-style, rather than Grigio-style, wines took the honours here, offering value for money and also an impressive food friendliness at a decent price
SWA 2011: NEW WORLD - OTHER WHITES
01-05-2011 | Category: USA White only Australia New Zealand South Africa Sommelier Wine Awards 2011 Some weird and wonderful blends and, despite the lack of Golds, a generally positive reaction from the tasters
SWA 2011: NEW WORLD - GEWURZTRAMINER
01-05-2011 | Category: White only New Zealand Sommelier Wine Awards 2011 With steady rather than spectacular results in 2011, the New World still seems to be struggling to get its head around this most polarising of aromatic grape varieties
SWA 2011: NEW WORLD - VIOGNIER
01-05-2011 | Category: Chile White only Australia New Zealand Sommelier Wine Awards 2011 Still no Golds for Viognier, though certainly lighter, fresher, more food-friendly wines than in previous years
SWA 2011: FOOD MATCH - FOOD MATCH AWARDS
01-05-2011 | Category: France Spain Chile Red only White only New Zealand Rosé only Sommelier Wine Awards 2011 Food Match Awards
SWA 2011: NEW WORLD - SYRAH - SHIRAZ & GRENACHE - THE REST OF THE WORLD
01-05-2011 | Category: Chile Red only New Zealand South Africa Grenache Sommelier Wine Awards 2011 Good wines, good prices and a variety of styles, Syrah was one of the stand-out varieties for the New World
SWA 2011: CRITICS' CHOICE
01-05-2011 | Category: France Germany Italy Spain USA Red only White only Sparkling Australia New Zealand The Sommelier Wine Awards doesn’t give out trophies per category because we’re worried that tasters will feel under pressure to dispense extra awards in categories where they may not believe the wines are up to it. Instead, in keeping with the whole ethos of the competition, we leave the judgement up to the sommeliers…
The Greatest Riesling on Earth
01-05-2011 | Category: Germany Italy Chile USA White only Australia New Zealand Alsace Riesling is making itself at home in more and more countries, but where is it performing best? Clinton Cawood joins an eager sommelier panel for a top-notch tasting that pits Old World against New World and some acknowledged masters against hungry, young upstarts
SWA 2011: NEW WORLD - PINOT NOIR - NEW ZEALAND
01-05-2011 | Category: Red only New Zealand Sommelier Wine Awards 2011 A big improvement on last year’s medal haul, although with nothing under a tenner, it came at a price…
SWA 2011: NEW WORLD - CHARDONNAY
01-05-2011 | Category: Chile USA White only Australia New Zealand South Africa Chardonnay Sommelier Wine Awards 2011 Plenty of medals again for Chile, although the judges were most impressed stylistically with Australia and South Africa
SWA 2011: NEW WORLD - SAUVIGNON BLANC
01-05-2011 | Category: Argentina Chile White only New Zealand South Africa Sommelier Wine Awards 2011 Some good-value wines but the relatively low ratio of entries to medals suggests a lot of bandwagon-jumping, too










