I’ve been so busy over the past weeks I’ve had little time to blog. But, I’ve had some very interesting conversations which I want to share with you over the next few weeks. On thing in particular is about local sales, I think is a really interesting topic for wine producers from smaller wine regions. [...]
The first depression of tropical origin is on track to reach New Zealand around the end of the week. To my untrained eye it looks like all major wine growing ares except Hawkes Bay may be affect. You can track it at these links. Metservice Australian Severe Weather Hopefully it won’t have a detrimental impact [...]
Radio New Zealand is running a story about the possibility of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc from the 2008 vintage being dumped. Well it’s being dumped all right it’s just what you mean by dumping. The sub $10 new brand Sauvignons are certainly a form of dumping. Of course they mean pouring it down the drain and [...]
The anual cork count is on again over at kiwiblog, although it should possibly be reffered to as the closure count due to the increasing percentage of twist tops. Have a look and take a guess on the total.
Check out this latest debacle over at Fiasco wines!
A few months ago I saw probably the strangest wine “club†offer by a wine store I have ever seen. The deal was that you had to give them $500.00 and you would then receive 7.5% discount of everything you buy in the store for the next three years. The immediate question is how much [...]
In this soon to be regular monthly feature I will keep you ahead of the curve, when it comes to what’s happening in the wine industry. Enjoy! Hot 1. Bordeaux blends. 2. Gewurztraminer. If you can pronounce it. 3. Reverse Osmosis. Once you kept this round the back of the winery where no one would [...]
I’ve moved the Global Wine Consultants website on to the wineconsultant.co.nz URL over the last couple of days to simplify my website arrangements. The address for that site is now www.wineconsultant.co.nz/global There will be a few more layout changes over the next few days. With a bit of luck, I won’t erase the database and [...]
This wine is an old favourite of mine. From the Margaret River region of western Australia it is a fresh and crisp white wine as you would expect from a Sauvignon, but it also has an additional layer of complexity from the Semillon which adds in an oily and flinty character on top of the [...]
I’ve taken a number of winery enquiries regarding starting their own blog. It’s a good thing to do if you want to keep your web content relevant and fresh but it does take time. You need to budget for that time as once you start you need to stick with it. You also have to [...]
ABC reports that McLaren Vale growers have started picking due the unusually hot conditions.