Air New Zealand Koru ... Villa Maria for a line of wines. However, this range is blended from scratch; a process I knew nothing about. We begin with the Sauvignon Blanc. Like a wine tasting ...
Still, chardonnay is the dominant grape, making up almost half of plantings, followed by pinot gris and sauvignon blanc. The top-planted red is merlot, although volume at just 24 hectares is small.
Sauvignon Blanc is widely grown throughout ... the French style rather than New Zealand. While Napa Valley is best known for its Cabernet Sauvignon wines, if you like a sophisticated white ...
The first Vines planted in new Zealand are credited to an English Preist by the name of Samuel Marsden, in his diary, on the 25th of September 1819, he wrote down that he planted a vine in the rich ...