Crossroads Vineyard Selection Kereru Road Merlot Cabernet 2009 has been named Merlot of the Year in Australia and New Zealand as part of 2011 Winestate Wine of the Year Awards.
The Hawke’s Bay blend was awarded the Transtherm Trophy with the judges commenting that the wine was “powerful, fleshy, very rich and supple, deliciously lush and smooth with ripe blackcurrant, plum and spice flavours”.
It does not take that long to change the flavour of a national wine industry, and it may not be far in the future when viognier or gamay noir could be as much a part of New Zealand’s regional wine flavour as sauvignon blanc and pinot noir now are.
St Patrick’s Day is marked on March 17, 2012 – and not just in Ireland but also all over New Zealand. BWS found some tasty tipples to celebrate the occasion.
New Zealand is in the midst of a brewing renaissance as almost weekly new beers appear from an ever-increasing number of small craft brewers and bigger, industrially owned brands that are trying to keep pace with the rate of changing beer tastes.