This tasting is for one night only

Join us at Regional Wines as Daniel pits Benromach against Springbank with an intriguing lineup sporting two opposing 21-year-olds.

These two distilleries have a lot in common: proximity to the coast, dunnage warehouses, long ferments and mainland peat. As such, they share a similar style, offering gentle smoke and sumptuous earthy, farmyard gubbiness. The style is so similar that Benromach is often lovingly referred to as the Springbank of Speyside, but, how will they compare head to head, and will the floor maltings and wormtubs of Springbank shine through?

There's only one way to find out!

• Springbank 21YO 2025 Release 46%
• Benromach 21YO 43% 700ml
• Springbank Fino Sherry Cask Matured 10YO 55%
• Benromach 'Cask Strength' #3 2014 Vintage  9YO 60.6%
• Benromach 20th Anniversary 1998/2018 20YO 56% 
• Springbank 12YO Cask Strength 2025 Release 55.5%
• Mystery Springbank
• Mystery Benromach

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Cancellations must be made no later than 48hrs in advance.

This tasting will be a seated tasting in the Regional Wines tasting room.

If sold out - please email John at online@regionalwines.co.nz to be placed on the waitlist.

Founded in 2012, Chaffey Bros Wine Company showcases the diverse terroirs of South Australia's Barossa and Eden Valley, with Chief Winemaker Huon Fechner crafting vibrant, site-driven wines using a thoughtful, minimal-intervention approach. The winery's ethos embraces experimentation, freshness and balance, producing authentic wines that express both place and personality.

Here’s the lineup…

2026 Not Your Grandma’s Rose 
2022 Salvis Gratia Old Vine Semillon
2024 Dufte Punkt (Gewürztraminer + Riesling + Kerner)
2024 Not Your Grandma’s Chillable Red (Grenache + Mourvèdre)
2023 La Conquista (Tempranillo + Graciano + Garnacha)
2024 La Resistance (Grenache + Syrah + Mourvèdre)
2021 Synonymous Shiraz
2022 Evangeline Syrah
2022 Elijah Shiraz

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At Regional Wines, Beers and Spirits - 15 Ellice Street, Wellington 6011.

Cancellations must be made no later than 48hrs in advance.

If sold out - please email John at online@regionalwines.co.nz to be placed on the waitlist.

Upstairs at Regional Wines

The 2013 growing season on Waiheke Island is widely regarded as one of the finest - if not the finest - vintage of the past two decades, delivering wines of ripeness, precision and structure. This tasting brings together a cross-section of the island’s leading producers, offering a rare opportunity to explore how this great year has evolved across both Bordeaux blends and Syrah at over a decade of age.
 
Showing how the vintage is viewed on the island, the 2013 is currently the most expensive recent vintage on leading Waiheke winery cellar lists.

We will taste these exemplary Waiheke benchmarks alongside the iconic Hawke's Bay Bordeaux blend of Esk Valley’s 2013 Terraces for context. At a recent vertical winetasting with then Esk Valley winemaker - Gordon Russell - from 2000 the 2013 vintage was concluded by many to be the best vintage.
 
In approximate reverse order, we will taste the following 12 wines:
 
2013 Stonyridge Vineyard Larose 
2013 Te Motu 
2013 Obsidian Vineyard The Obsidian
2013 Frenchmans Hill Estate Blood Creek 8
2013 Goldie Estate Reserve Cabernet Merlot Franc 
2013 Batch Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Thomas Legacy
2013 Passage Rock Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Reserve 
2013 Esk Valley The Terraces
2013 Woodside Hill Reserve Merlot Cabernet Franc 
2013 Man O' War Vineyards Syrah Totto Kulta 
2013 Kennedy Point Syrah Reserve 
2013 Passage Rock Syrah Waiheke Island Reserve 

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At Regional Wines, Beers and Spirits - 15 Ellice Street, Wellington 6011.

Cancellations must be made no later than 48hrs in advance.

If sold out - please email John at online@regionalwines.co.nz to be placed on the waitlist.