Beef cheeks with creamy goat cheese polenta and charred broccolini Serves 4 This rich and warming winter dish is great for dinner parties as the meat can be made in advance. Beef cheek becomes incredibly tender and flavoursome when slowed cooked. This recipe is guaranteed to be a hit with your guests. 6 shallots – peel and diced4 cloves garlic – finely diced1 medium carrot…
» Read more
Tag Archives: Pinot Noir
A Delicious Dinner for Those Cold Nights
Tags: Beef cheeks, Kelly Gibney, Marlborough, Pinot Noir, winter desserts, winter food
A Charming Trio
Nautilus has been at the vanguard of Pinot Noir winemaking in Marlborough for over twenty four years, since crafting its first Pinot Noir in 1997. Early plantings of Dijon clones and experimenting with single clone/single site trials led to a rapid appreciation of the potential for this variety in the region. Each year we release a limited pack to share with our costumers, this year…
» Read more
Tags: clive jones, Marlborough, Pinot Noir, Vineyards, Vintage, wines
A Delicious Winter Treat
Author, home cook, and all-round lovely person Kelly Gibney has created this warming family meal to match our delicious Pinot Noirs. Perfect to share with friends and family on a chilly winter night. Asian spiced lamb shoulder with rice noodles & quick pickled cucumber Serves 6 Deeply warming and beautifully spiced, this succulent lamb shoulder is paired with thick rice noodles and the bright flavours of pickled cucumbers.…
» Read more
Tags: Kelly Gibney, Marlborough, Pinot Noir, Recipes, wines, winter food
Nautilus Estate Celebrates 30 Vintages
Last Monday, an intimate group of friends and colleagues joined us at Cazador restaurant in Auckland to celebrate 30 vintages of Nautilus Estate wines. Nautilus is proud to be one of the few Marlborough-based wineries that has remained under the same founding family ownership for 30 vintages. To mark the occasion, we pulled some old vintage wines from our cellar, and worked with Dariush and…
» Read more
Tags: 30 vintages, 30th vintage, anniversary, Cazador, celebration, Marlborough, new zealand, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, wine
Sleeper vintages – every vintage is not the same!
One of the great things about wine is that every new release is the result of the unique conditions from that growing season. While there will be some consistency from year to year rooted in the terroir and the house winemaking style, every wine is invariably a snapshot of the year in which it was grown. One of the challenges we face as winemakers is…
» Read more
Tags: International Pinot Noir Celebration, IPNC, Oregon, Pinot Noir, sleeper vintages, vintage variation
A Mighty Meaty Feast at Cazador
Last Monday I finished work early and took a flight to Auckland. My mission: drive to Cazador in Balmoral for a Tasting Club dinner organised by the incredible girls from Gather and Hunt and the amazing family team at Cazador. What a night! At the door, Rebecca from Cazador welcomed me with a fab glass of our Nautilus Cuvee Brut NV, and I stepped through the…
» Read more
Tags: Cazador, cuvee, Gather and Hunt, Pinot Noir, Tasting Club
Marlborough's Inaugural Pinot Safari
Was it more Stanley and Livingstone, or Dad’s Army? On Saturday the 2nd February, 30 intrepid explorers including winemakers, sommeliers and journalists set out to discover some of Marlborough’s most beautiful pinot noir vineyards. Avoiding the valley floor and main roads, the route had been carefully planned (over a few beers one night) to start with a glass of Nautilus Cuvee at the Calrossie vineyard in the…
» Read more
Tags: back country, clay hills, Pinot Noir, pinot safari
Pinot Noir 2013
James Suckling: “@Timatkin @jamiegoode @stockwine …Marlborough is on a roll.” Pinot Noir 2013 involved 100 of NZ’s top pinot noir producers, and 350 or so international VIP guests for four days of tasting, eating, learning, partying and apparently doing bombs into Wellington harbour! For the first time the event was split into different “regional” venues and our very own CJ was el presidente of the…
» Read more
Tags: Pinot Noir, Pinot2013, PN2013, Wellington
Southern Pinot Noir Workshop 2013
Every year, 100 Pinot Noir winemakers from NZ’s South Island get together to talk Pinot. This isn’t the usual wine buff type talk of “scents of wild raspberries on a warm summer’s evening…” that you’ve heard a million times before. No, this is the real technical nitty gritty. Over the course of 4 days, the winemakers blind taste 100 trial or interesting wines, tank samples,…
» Read more
Pinot Noir vertical tasting
It’s been a busy day today at Nautilus. CJ’s been invited to attend the launch lunch (try saying that after a couple of vinos) of Silere Merino (did you know Merino sheep are not only great for wool, they are also the tastiest breed of meat?) in a couple of weeks at Hummingbird in Wellington. We’ve just had a glimpse of the menu and it…
» Read more
Tags: Pinot Noir, PN2013, Tastings, Vertical tastings