Torbreck icons unleashed
Huon Hooke writes this from Scotland where he’s just spent a day chatting with a laird about the finer points of lairdship, if that’s a word.
Huon Hooke writes this from Scotland where he’s just spent a day chatting with a laird about the finer points of lairdship, if that’s a word.
Pepper Tree has released its top red wines from the 2019 vintage, and they are an impressive group.
The release of the 2020 Craggy Range Prestige Collection Hawke’s Bay reds marks an important milestone for these iconic wines.
Amisfield is so well known for its intense, powerful pinot noir that it is easy to overlook their also excellent range of white wines
The Lane Vineyard, in the Adelaide Hills, has been injecting renewed effort into its wines—especially its reds—judging from my latest tastings.
Hans’ connection with wine began in 1630 when his ancestor, Heinrich Herzog, bought a hillside vineyard in Switzerland’s Rhine Valley.
Husband and wife winemakers Claire and Mike Allen arrived in Marlborough in 1990 and started Huia six years later.
This year, 2022, marks the 40th anniversary of De Bortoli’s famous Noble One Botrytis Semillon, a landmark in Australian wine. The first vintage was the 1982.
A magnum also seems like a good size for a commemorative bottle, and so it is with Yabby Lake’s and Heathcote Estate’s 20th-anniversary wines.
Stonecroft is a small, family-owned winery in the heart of Gimblett Gravels, Hawke’s Bay, established in 1982.