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Joelle hardly needs an introduction. She is well known through her significant contribution to wine literature in New Zealand. She has featured in many news and other publications as well as being a regular contributor on Radio NZ. Among her...

Another great evening with nice wines and an informative presenter. John Loughlin was a pleasure to deal with and kept the meeting running to time. A good level of orders resulted. But that all our tastings were as easy to...

by Joelle Thomson February 11, 2019 I wrote this obituary this morning for Raymond Chan, who was my friend, my mentor and a man who played a pivotal role in championing wine and its producers at a formative time in the...

NZ Winegrowers – Media Release – January 2019 Visit 2019 Sauvignon NZ website The ‘who’s who’ of the wine world descended on Marlborough for a three-day International Sauvignon Blanc Celebration kicking off on Monday 28 January. “We have over 100...

We are negotiating with a very well known wine personality in NZ to present at this meeting. There are still a couple of matters to resolve and consequently, we will not make any announcement at this time. We have other...

Dinner at Juniper Having the December Dinner on a Saturday night worked well. The food was great and was well received. The committee has received good feedback from people who attended. $65.00 seems to an acceptable price point for dinner...

Thanks to those requesting recipes from last November's Portuguese wine & food tasting. Pão frito (fried bread) INGREDIENTS 400 grams (14 ounces) bread cut into slices 100 ml (1/2 cup) olive oil 6 cloves of garlic Pepper (to taste) Coriander...

Another successful Cellar Club year started with a BBQ, several tastings, the AGM, another tasting, then mid-year dinner, followed by several more tastings, then finally a very successful end-of-year dinner.  In upholding tradition, and as a way of celebrating the committees'...