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Looking Back – Luna Estate Martinborough w/ Joel Watson, Aug ’25

Sustainable, restorative farming, letting the fruit do all the talking

What a fabulous evening for everyone who attended. With an entertaining presenter and wines made in the Alsatian style that were different, for our tasting pleasure.

While the wines were above our normal price range, people enjoyed the different wine styles and orders were healthy. This is encouraging to your committee. Their cost to members was offset by a generous discount and the waiving of the delivery fee. Thank you Luna Estate for your support and
great tasting.

A reminder of the wines we tried on the night:

  • Luna Brut Rose a delightful welcoming wine for the evening
  • Luna Estate Sauvignon Blanc 2023 a blend of two very different blocks from Bue Rock Vineyard
  • Luna Estate Pinot Gris 2023
  • Luna Estate Pinot Meunier Rose 2024
  • Luna Estate Eclipse Chardonnay 2023 mature vine fruit used for this drop
  • Luna Estate Blue Rock Pinot Noir 2021 a blend from both of their vineyards
  • Luna Estate Eclipse Pinot Noir 2021

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Looking Back – Bladen Wines w/ Blair Macdonald

What a brilliant evening, presented by the owner’s son, who is someone who is involved in all aspects of the vineyard and grew up helping with the set-up and expansion of the same.

We had 34 club members attend, with a good number of orders.

The wines are made in the Alsatian style, rather than French or Italian style, which makes them on the slightly drier side, and entirely enjoyable!

It was nice to hear the pitfalls that the owners have gone through with the set-up involving the terroir and the different varieties they wanted to grow, the solutions that were presented to them that they accepted and the way the business has grown with that vision intact.

The wines we tasted during the evening were:

  • 2023 Pinot Noir Rosé
  • 2023 Pinot Gris
  • 2023 Sauvignon Blanc ‘Five Barrels’
  • 2024 Riesling ‘Eight Rows’
  • 2023 The Sum of Us (Gertz, Pinot Gris and Riesling)
  • 2024 Gewurztraminer ‘Tilly Vineyard’
  • 2019 Pinot Noir

As a reminder to members: Bladen is now closed for tastings for the Winter; reopening 25th October 2025, at 83 Conders Bend Road, Renwick.

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