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Review Date: 21-Aug-2010
Raymond was privileged to be able to join Chris and Cheryl Staynes in this wonderful and unique birthday celebration of Chris' 60th, and has recorded notes on the Chateau d’Yquem wines from 1946-2006 opened for the structured vertical tasting and the degustation dinner... More...
Review Date: 16-Aug-2010
At Regional Wines, we are still staunch supporters of the Penfolds wines, despite the approach of supermarkets discounting them on release, and we usually wait until the ‘dust has settled’ before tasting them. To make the tasting a special one, a three vintage vertical of ‘Grange’ was included... More...
Review Date: 12-Aug-2010
The recipe for making Jane Ferrari wine is simple – crush a vineyard full of highly concentrated personality, co-ferment with formidable technical knowledge, rack to seasoned oak barrels to rough it up a little bit, and then fly it round the world for about 48 weeks of the year to wow the public and the trade. More...
Review Date: 09-Aug-2010
2006 and 2007 for red burgundy could never live up to the quality of the superlative 2005s. However, the 2006s have come into their own. How about 2007? The Drouhin house style of elegance and feminine perfumes can sometimes suit such lighter years. It was with great interest that we approached this tasting of 2007s... More...
Review Date: 02-Aug-2010
This tasting was based on the wines from two families, Real de Asua – of CUNE and Contino fame, making traditional style wines, and the Eguren family – of Sierra Cantabria, Vinedos de Paganos and Senorio de San Vicente, the modern expression of Rioja... More...
Review Date: 27-Jul-2010
Hailing from the Hawkes Bay and growing up with wine all around him he caught the wine bug at an early age. Henry is keen to pass on what he has learnt and is keen to share this knowledge in an informal way, so he saw this tasting as the perfect opportunity to do just that. More...
Review Date: 26-Jul-2010
Waiheke Island's reputation for world-class Bordeaux-style and Chardonnay wines, exciting Syrah and Viognier and a growing proficiency with a raft of other varietals is undeniable. So it was with a sense of anticipation that tasters looked at a range of wines from the Obsidian vineyard, presented by winemaker Michael Wood... More...
Review Date: 22-Jul-2010
I’ve now had the opportunity to taste Kumeu River Wines in a variety of different settings – ranging from the Kumeu cellar door to the end-of-vintage ‘knees up’ hosted in the winery. The latest and most complete tasting was a tutored one at Regional Wines on Monday 19 July. Each time, the wines have acquitted themselves very well (certainly better than I did at the aforementioned knees up). More...
Review Date: 14-Jul-2010
The current range of d’Arenberg wines available in New Zealand was presented by Nick James-Martin, winemaker and brand ambassador for the Osborn family. His technical overview allied with wide market experience made for an entertaining and educational tasting that in this instance especially highlighted the differences between the lasted vintages... More...
Review Date: 08-Jul-2010
Regional Wines conducted two tastings of a wide, but not comprehensive range of Martinborough Pinot Noir from 2008, a great vintage, to celebrate the success of the region. The two dozen wines tasted were separated loosely into “Affordable” and “Super-Premium” events... More...