This week is the first of our Wine Show review episodes. I go through and give my take on the trophy winners and touch gold medalists in each category.

Chapters

0:00-6:08 Intro

7:06-10:11 Aromatics and White Blends

10:11-14:00 Chardonnay

14:00-17:30 Pinot Gris

17:30-19:45 Pinot Noir

19:45-23:20 Red Blends

23:20-25:15 Rose

25:15-26:50 Sauvignon Blanc

26:50-29:25 Single Variety Reds

29:26-35:30 Sparkling Wines

35:30-36:28 Shiraz/Syrah

36:28- finish Wine of the Week and wrap.

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I dive into various spice driven cuisines and my recommendations for wine with these as well as a couple of my ground rules for pairing with spice. So if you like it hot and spicy and you love wine this is a must listen.

Chapters

0:00-1:51 Intro

2:48- 9:50 Ground rules and South East Asia

9:50- 11:10 the Americas (USA, Jamaica, Mexico)

11:40- 14:30 China

15:34-24:37 India

24:37- finish Wine of the Week and wrap.

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A great chat will Jill, she shared all things Sherwood Estate from wine her and her husband Dayne started right through until today and even their future.

Chapters

0:00-2:16 Intro

3:15- 9:15 establishing Sherwood

9:15- 10:47 exporting

10:47-12:30 personal touch

12:30- 13:55 producing in Waipara

13:55- 15:26 “aha” wine moment

15:26-17:14 benchmarking

17:14- 18:27 Jill’s go to wine

18:27- 20:16 future of Sherwood estate

21:12- finish Wine of the Week and wrap.

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This was such a great night with such great pairing’s I had to create an episode to celebrate the night. I hope you enjoy listening to this and I hope it encourages you to try these wines and with dishes that run similar lines to what we served with them.

Chapters

0:00-2:15 Intro

3:13-5:35 Orca Corca Bianca

5:35-7:45 Lulu Rose

7:45-12:14 Lyons Chardonnay

12:14-15:33 Orca Corca Rosso

15:33-24:42 Cornerstone Cabernet Sauvignon

25:37-finish Wine of the Week and wrap.

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Spring is here and it’s a great time to check out fun exciting wines to enjoy not only now but throughout the summer with your favourite seasonal cuisine. Here is my guide to wines to look at as the days are getting longer.

Chapters

0:00-4:30 Intro

5:29-12.40 White Wine

12:40-15:46Rose

15:46-24:25 Reds

25:22-finish Wine of the Week and wrap.

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I have sat on this for a few months and what better week to release than organic wine week. Unfortunately technical difficulties mean I lost a portion of my recording. However there is still some great content and goes through Dermot and wife Andrias journey from London to The hallowed soils of Gimblett Gravels via London, Gisborne and Burgundy. We also still have the conversation around conversion to organics!

Chapters

0:00-3:25 Intro

4:22-8;55 What lead Dermot to study winemaking

8:55-14:51 Studying in Gisborne

14:51-34:13 Post study and converting Stonecroft to organics

34:13-35:47 Message from me

36:45-finish Wine of the Week and wrap

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With organic wine week next week this is the first part of two organically focused episodes. This week we dive into provide a brief overview of organics and reasons for farming organically how the alters the finished wine and what the do or don’t do during the winemaking process. All leading up to our interview with former owner and Winemaker of Stonecroft winery in Hawkes Bay Dermot McCollum.

Chapters

0:00-2:10 Intro

3:08-22:56 Organics

23:55-finish Wine of the Week and wrap.

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The answer is sulphites are not I repeat not the big bad wolf thanks to master of wine Sophie Parker Thompsons’ (@spt.mw)dissertation my gut feel was vindicated although I didn’t know what was causing all the issues now I do. Listen to this and then either track down Sophie’s dissertation if you are into some “light reading” or you read a more digestible summation https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/tolerance-v-intolerance

Chapters

0:00-7:18

8:15-16:41 Sulphites vs bio genic amines

17:39-35:10 Other wine compounds

35:10-36:03 bondshawhoneyco.nz

36:03-finish Wine of the Week and wrap.

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