Chene Bleu is a relatively new wine brand at Regional from an exciting, high altitude vineyard in Vaucluse, in the region of Provence-Alpes-Cotes-d'Azur. All of the wines are certified organic with the EU and made to exactly quality standards. Hand picked grapes, double sorted in the vineyard, tiny yields and obvious high quality flavours are just some of the reasons to drink these wines.

Sheer deliciousness is the main one. 

This dry white is made from a blend of Grenache Blanc, Rolle (also known, in Italy, as Vermentino), Clairette, Roussanne and Viognier. 

The balance is impeccable. Try it. 

This is a bright, bone dry Pinot Gris with an underlying salinity. The nose is zesty and layered with lemon and grapefruit notes. These flavours continue on the palate, and are met with a mineral touch and bright acidity. 

Organic Cider and Fruit P?t Nat made in Aotearoa. We take natural wine making methods and apply them to locally grown, organic certified fruit. Wild ferments using indigenous yeast and no added sulphur. A hands off approach to cider making and a unique expression of the place we call home.

From the team at Fruit Cru: ?A true fruit P?t Nat and our first field blend. Juicy and fragrant with a bold body and plenty of fizz. Aim? is a blend of mixed heritage apples, semi carbonic fermented blueberries and fresh elderflowers. A complex cuv?e with balanced tannins and an energetic aroma - you get the full orchard in this one!? Fruit Cru is a project brought to you by former Everyday Wine co-owner, Cosmo Hawke, and Chef at Havana Bar, Jesse Jehmal. Together they are sourcing fruit from around New Zealand and producing ciders and pet nats (bottle fermented sparkling wines) in a warehouse in Newtown, Wellington. Seasonal releases. Certified organic.

This Pinot Noir is from block with clay soil, which is planted in 2003. This wine shows full of charming red to dark fruits. A very charming wine to go with food.

An elegant Syrah from Hawke's Bay winemaker Kate Radburnd, whose extensive experience of making Syrah brings out the best in this exotic spicy French grape variety. Red fruit aromas are supported here by a velvet smooth backbone of fine tannins. Pure fruited and fragrant, with blueberry and cardamon spice. This Syrah has lingering length and persistence of flavour, a hallmark of this variety.

This delicious, dark and juicy new release is made from hand harvested Syrah grapes, which were destemmed and fermented in open tops with some foot stomping. Some whole bunches were incorporated in the ferment.

Elegant and refined with a backbone of pristine fruit and balanced acidity, this finely concentrated Chardonnay has a lovely freshness and finesse and will become more complex as it evolves over time. It is drinking well now, and will develop beautifully over 5-7 years.

VINEYARDS
Old vine Mendoza Chardonnay was sourced from two sites in Hawke’s Bay.
The Mangatahi site is inland and elevated and later ripening, while Bridge Pa
ripens Chardonnay beautifully with their red metal soils.
Low yielding vines, open canopy management, managed irrigation and Sustainable
Winegrowing NZ farmed were common to both sites. The Mendoza clone with their
typical hen and chicken bunches produced fruit of great intensity and balance,
and structured acidity. This Chardonnay was hand harvested and cooled overnight.

WINEMAKING
The cooled bunches were hand sorted then whole bunched pressed. The majority of
juice was cold settled then racked to barrel. Fermentation was in new and seasoned
French oak, with selected cultured yeast and indigenous yeast, for added complexity.
A combination of 500L puncheons and 225L barriques were employed. Lees stirring
post fermentation was regular and malolactic fermentation was completed in barrel.
The Chardonnay matured in barrel for 9 months before blending and bottling.

TASTING NOTE
An elegant Chardonnay which focuses on the beautiful structure so evident in this
grape variety. Pristine fruit and balanced acidity are the backbone, enhanced with
seamless texture and mouthfeel. Citrus notes, particularly grapefruit pith abound, gracefully supported by sweet French oak.

Radburnd Cellars 

Made by the legendary Peter Sisseck of PIngus fame, this is an approachable, yet big and mouth filling wine, with juicy fruit forward flavours and ripe tannins. Predominantly Tempranillo.

We are thrilled to have the wines of Domaine Marcel Deiss back in store, only this time with a wider range than we have had in the past. These cult French wines come from Alsace in north east France; the country's driest wine region and a territory long disputed between the French and the Germans. This history accounts for why these wines are made from grapes classically considered to be German in origin. All Deiss wines are certified organic, made from grapes grown biodynamically and they break new ground in style and quality. Many are field blends, made in homage to historical growing methods where many different grape varieties grew together alongside each other, were picked together and fermented together. 

This medium bodied, complex dry white is a blend of three classic Alsace white grapes, Muscat, Riesling and Pinot Gris with a little Pinot Noir added in, which comes from vines planted between 1977 and 1997, which are grown at high density of between 8,000 and 12,000 vines per hectare on white gravels. 

This grapes are pressed slowly from whole clusters for up to 12 hours followed by wild yeast fermentation with the wine being aged for 12 months in large old foudres.

The result is a complex dry white made from three great white grapes and one red. Maverick? Definitely. Delicious? Absolutely.

Yuzu is a fruit that has been hotter than hot since the craft beer movement put it front and center. Not keen to follow trends, it wasn?t an ingredient we had planned on using, but when Neville Chun (who also grows our Ume) offered us a taste we filled our bags. It?s fragrant and fresh with the unmistakable flavour of Japanese citrus (grown locally in Te Horo). Not quite lemon, not quite grapefruit and not quite mandarin but amazingly vibrant and a very limited production run.

750ml - 7.0% abv

Wild ferment, No Additives, Vegan.

Organic Cider and Fruit P?t Nat made in Aotearoa. We take natural wine making methods and apply them to locally grown, organic certified fruit. Wild ferments using indigenous yeast and no added sulphur. A hands off approach to cider making and a unique expression of the place we call home.

From the team at Fruit Cru: ?Refreshing and delicate, Petite is a light bodied spritz with an alcohol volume of only 2.5%. Fermented on auince and crab apple skins for three weeks before being blended with Winter Nelis pears and bottled live. Soft mineral and citrus notes, Petite is thirst quenching and smashable, the perfect afternoon quaffer.? Fruit Cru is a project brought to you by former Everyday Wine co-owner, Cosmo Hawke, and Chef at Havana Bar, Jesse Jehmal. Together they are sourcing fruit from around New Zealand and producing ciders and pet nats (bottle fermented sparkling wines) in a warehouse in Newtown, Wellington. Seasonal releases. Certified organic.

Big on flavour, low in the use of sulphur. This biodynamic wine comes from Domaine de Causse Marines in the Gaillac appellation in southern France. The blend is 50% Mauzac, 20% Loin de l’Oeil, 20% Muscadelle and 10% each of Chenin and Semillon, all of which combine to create a complex, nuanced white which offers a nutty, stonefruit nose and palate of apricot and green apple notes. Its fresh acidity adds great length. 

Biodynamically certified.

Fermented on skins for 190 days this wine is Grown traditionally and fermented without intervention. A pure expression of The Opou Vineyard, home to Chardonnay for 50 years now telling us its stories with a new voice. Unfined and unfiltered, this uncompromised wine offers a perfect journey from our place to your glass. With love and gratitude.

Alc 13.5%

Vegan and Vegetarian Friendly

Stone fruits and green fruits such as pear and apple combine beautifully with some phenolic texture in this luscious wine.

Fabulous Pinot Noir with amazing depth of flavour especially at this price; a wine that really puts Marlborough's best foot forward thanks to winemaker Rebecca Salmond, who sources grapes from the region's Southern Valleys. Flavours are of ripe cherry, blackberry and spice lead into a lovely, elegant yet weighty palate with superb fruit ripeness and intensity. This wine will continue to age for two years plus and pairs well with lighter red meat dishes.