Here’s another option for you if you’re looking for a lower alcohol wine. A big thanks to NZ Lighter Wine for this sample of The Doctors 2018 Sauvignon Blanc from Marlborough, New Zealand which sits at 9.5% abv (alcohol by volume).
This is another Kiwi Riesling our Melbourne family decided to kindly share from their cellar. Fun fact, I use to sell Framingham Wines when I worked at NZ wine retailer, Glengarry, 10 years ago while at uni in Auckland!
This week for #winewednesday we thought we’d get into some NZ wine as a warm-up to see my parents this weekend. I thought this bottle of ‘The Brothers’ 2016 Chardonnay from Giesen Wines would go down a treat.
On our recent Melbourne trip, our lovely host pulled this New Zealand Riesling out of the cellar and wow! It’s 10 years old from the Marlborough region and is produced by Riverby Estate. It had those aged Riesling characteristics yet still plenty of freshness to suggest it still has some years left in it.
Recently I suffered a serious case of jealousy as my parents attended a wedding in Queenstown and while they were there, they got to experience the Amisfield Winery “Trust the chef’ degustation menu. The menu is offered as a shared dining experience and is NZ$65 per person for only the food, NZ$80 per person for…