2010 – The Real Review

Craggy Range Le Sol vertical

I was recently invited to a vertical tasting of every vintage of Craggy Range Le Sol by Air New Zealand, which had purchased the wines at auction.

Historic Henschke highlights

Stephen Henschke has become a good talker, as well as one of Australia’s greatest winemakers. I taste the 2013 Henschke Hill Of Grace and Mount Edelstone and other new releases.

Bags full of Super Tuscan

The call went out from the Brown Paper Bag Club: BYO super-Tuscans to the suburban pizzeria, Napoli In Bocca, and we’ll have some fun.

Wine of the Week NZ

Puriri Hills Pope 2010, Clevedon, NZD $150

Explosive Sicilians from Benanti

Salvino Benanti visited Australia recently as the guest of his importer, Enoteca Sileno. The wines he showed me from the indigenous grape varieties were outstanding.

Super sparkler

Seresin Moana Blanc 2010, Marlborough, NZD $43

An homage to Trinity Hill

A vertical tasting of five vintages of Trinity Hill Syrah offered the chance to check the progress of four vintages and taste the latest release from 2015 for the first time.