Do you like Pinot Noir? Do you love Pinot Noir? Do you need to find out more about Pinot Noir, to see what all the fuss is about? Then you are looking for a purely indulgent Pinot Noir experience, and you have come to the right place. Get ready to get hip deep in the finest Pinot Noirs produced in the southern hemisphere, and to…
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Yearly Archives: 2012
Pinot Palooza
Tags: australia, melbourne, Pinot Noir, Pinot Palooza
Marlborough Pinot Back Country Safari
10 quality-focused pinot producers of Marlborough lead their guests on a four-wheel drive tour of some of the back country pinot noir-dedicated vineyards of Marlborough. Avoiding the main roads, the event will highlight the fabulous food, wine, landscape and personalities of this stunning region. Date: 20113-02-02
Tags: Marlborough, Pinot Noir, Vineyards
Celebrating 200 years…
Nautilus is a wee youngster in wine terms, at 27 years old. Although that makes us quite ancient and wise (sometimes?) on a Marlborough scale, it is just the blink of an eye compared to say the Antinoris, or the Hugels. However, our mates over at Yalumba in the Barossa can trace their history back to founder Samuel Smith, who would have been celebrating his…
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Tags: our mates, Samuel Smith, Yalumba
Screwcap or Cork?
It is not the first time someone has done this experiment, but tasting the results for myself, blind, are different to reading someone else’s opinion. The other day CJ asked me to come and taste two wines, blind. I didn’t know what the wines were (it was pretty obvious they were pinot noir, but was I looking at finished wines? Samples? Nautilus or Opawa? ours…
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Tags: Closures, Cork, Lab, Pinot Noir, Screw Cap, Screwcap, Trial
Kiwi Comfort for London Expats
Ozone Coffee Roasters recently opened up near Old Street Tube station in London. The owners originally from New Plymouth, and the coffee roasting business has been going strong for some time, but this is their first cafe. Manager Lizzie previously from Pravda in Wellington, makes everyone feel welcome and all in all this is a fantastic outpost for kiwis overseas, looking for a little slice…
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Tags: london, Restaurants
Nautilus Featured in Pinot Noir Masterclass at the London Wine Trade Fair
The masterclass panel 70 of the UK’s top trade and media tasted a selection of New Zealand’s most respected Pinot Noirs at the London Wine Trade Fair in May including Nautilus Pinot Noir 2010. The tasting was organised by the Family of Twelve – a group of twelve quality-focused family-owned wineries across New Zealand. Tim Atkin MW lead the discussions around regional terroir with aplomb, mentioning…
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Tags: london, Pinot Noir, UK
Wine dinners & wineclub tastings in the central North Island
Last week I had a flying visit up north for a series of trade calls and a couple of consumer eveing events. It was the perfect setting to showcase our wines – having a captured audience for a couple of hours and being able to showcase our wines along side food. The 1st was a winemakers dinner at Fahrenheit restaurant in Te Awamutu where Nautilus…
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The Great GoogaMooga
Title: The Great GoogaMoogaLocation: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NYCLink out: Click hereDescription: The Great GoogaMooga: n. an amusement park of food & drink; adj. something wonderfully great; excl. “oh my goodness!” or “how bout that!” Nautilus Pinot Noir 2009 will be available to sample at the hottest event in NYC, the Great Googamooga! Taking place on May 19th and 20th at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. Come along…
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THE FAMILY OF TWELVE, OUR PINOT NOIRS – A QUESTION OF TERROIR
Title: THE FAMILY OF TWELVE, OUR PINOT NOIRS – A QUESTION OF TERROIRLocation: London Wine Trade Fair, South Gallery Rooms 23 & 24Link out: Click hereDescription: The Family of Twelve, New Zealand’s Wine family, challenges you to attend a thought provoking Pinot Noir tasting. Tim Atkin MW moderates this once only tasting of twelve New Zealand Pinot Noirs, sourced from fruit grown in Auckland, Gisborne,…
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Tags: Family of twelve, LIWF, Masterclass, Pinot Noir, UK
Bob Campbell and Gerard Basset:The Regional Complexities of Pinot Noir
Title: Bob Campbell and Gerard Basset:The Regional Complexities of Pinot NoirLocation: Vinexpo Asia Pacific Tasting Lab Session (Invitation Only) Room 109/110, Level 1Description: Join world-renowned Masters of Wine Bob Campbell (NZ) and Gerard Basset (France, UK) to gain expert insight into the regional character and complexity of the world’s ‘Prince of Pinot Noir’. With a focus on benchmark quality and regional typicity, guests will taste…
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Tags: Hong Kong, Masterclass, Pinot Noir