The Wine Map Is Moving
From Champagne to Barossa to New Zealand, climate is reshaping the way wine grows, tastes, and evolves. Over the last
Pour it, Pass it, Enjoy it
Last week, while conducting a Champagne tasting in Auckland, I stumbled across a wine that stopped me cold. It wasn’t
Sometimes We Forget New Zealand Make Premium Wine
Malo e lelei, fellow wine explorers, Last week, Ofa shared an article with me about the pressure facing the Australian
The Wine Gift: Why Does It Feel So Hard?
A warm guide to choosing a bottle for someone else – without the overthinking. Malo e lelei, fellow wine explorers,
Millésime Champagne: When One Year Becomes a Story
The other day, Ofa sent me a photo from a special wine event he had attended. Like any wine person
Tokaji: The Wine of Kings, Made for the Family Table
Mālō e lelei, fellow wine explorers. This week I want to take you somewhere unexpected. Not France.Not New Zealand.Not Australia.
How Has AI Impacted the Wine Industry?
Ofa asked me a great question Last week: Now that is a question worth pouring a glass over. Wine is
Blouge: The Wine Word I Had to Read Twice
This week, while I was running a wine tasting in central Auckland, something caught my attention. A group of young
Gewürztraminer: Big Name, Beautiful Wine
A perfumed white wine, a salmon pairing, and a little taste of Ha‘apai Gewürztraminer is not the easiest grape variety
Hidden in Plain Sight: Choosing Wine at the Supermarket
Why the quiet bottle on the shelf might be the one worth taking home The supermarket wine aisle. Because this