The wine region of Wairau Valley is located in the region of Marlborough of South Island of New Zealand. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Workshop or the Domaine Ranui produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Wairau Valley are Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Pinot gris, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Wairau Valley often reveals types of flavors of earth, vegetal or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, floral or tropical fruit.
In the mouth of Wairau Valley is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 13 estates and châteaux in the of Wairau Valley, producing 16 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Wairau Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese.
Marks & Spencer is no stranger to achieving top scores at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA), and to celebrate its results the leading retailer has selected its favourite award-winning wines from this year’s awards, for customers to purchase exclusively on marksandspencer.com. Customers can choose from a carefully selected mix of six delicious winter-warming reds; an irresistible mix of crisp, refreshing, complex white wines from the Old and New World; a mix of both red and white wi ...
The deal includes 34.5ha under vine in the heart of the mountainous Bannockburn sub-region. It is mainly planted with Pinot Noir, but there are pockets of Chardonnay and Riesling too. Sir Clifford Skeggs, a Kiwi businesmman, and Lady Marie Skeggs purchased the land for Akarua in 1995, and planting began the following year. The first wines were bottled from the 1999 vintage. Akarua is now firmly established as one of the largest family-owned operations in Central Otago, and its 100% estate-grown ...
The wine has been made in Australia by Pernod Ricard Australian sparkling wine specialist Trina Smith, working in collaboration with Mumm Chef de Caves, Laurent Fresnet, who visited Australia in July to taste the base wines made by Smith and discuss preferred components to make the blend. ‘This wine has been planned over several years and we had discussed that its profile would follow the Mumm signature style, which has always been about expressing Pinot Noir,’ said Smith. ‘When Laurent came to ...
