Peregrine Wines: Wine with Altitude

Our very special thanks to Greg Hay for venturing to Canterbury to spend an evening presenting the Wines of Peregrine Wines in Central Otago.

“Greg has been involved in the Central Otago wine industry for 21 years now, starting back in 1986. Many things have changed during this time other than the passion to produce the best value for money wines coming from this region.

Whilst it was more likely to find Greg in the vineyard a few years ago, the most likely place to track him down now is either on a plane or on the phone making sure the Peregrine wines are getting out to those who deserve them most.” source: http://www.peregrinewines.co.nz/winery/people

Greg is a great presenter and very passionate about what he does. Not only did we get to taste some of the the wines, but Greg shared with us a great deal of background about Peregrine, the brands Peregrine and Saddleback and the conservation support provided, we also got a little insight into the stunning new winery building. http://www.peregrinewines.co.nz/building

Wines tasted on the night were:

Peregrine Riesling 2006 (dry), Peregrine Rastasburn Riesling 2006 (off dry) and Peregrine Charcoal Creek Riesling 2007 (lucious and sweet), three completely different Rieslings each with it’s own unique character.

We followed these with the Peregrine Pinot Gris 2007 (stunning wine Air NZ serves this in Business class) and Peregrine Chardonnay 2006 (a blend of old and new world styles) which I really liked.

Lastly we tasted the Peregrine Pinot Noir 2006 and the Saddleback Pinot Noir 2007 - the quality of Peregrine’s pinots are as always exceptional and both these pinot’s showed that.

Tasting notes for all the wines are at http://www.peregrinewines.co.nz/cellardoor/wines - Click on each wine to see detailed notes etc.

Thanks again to Greg for taking the time to come and speak to us - we would certainly welcome him back again in the future.

http://www.peregrinewines.co.nz/

Sandihurst Tasting

Last tuesday night we had a visit from Hennie and Celia Bosman from Sandihurst Winery at the New Brighton Wine Club - check out the tasting notes here.
http://newbrightonwineclub.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/sandihurst-tasting/

Cheers JB (Blogmeister)

New Brighton Club 1 April

Ross Moloughney provided us with a great range of interesting wines form the Hancock portfolio.. and very generously a magnum of red and a couple of other bottles as raffle prizes which were very much appreciated as were the great discounts provided on the night.

Ross is also a great teller of tales and had some great ones about people he had met in the industry and some of his personal stories of his wine experiences in Australia and New Zealand.

Wines on the night were:

Lake Chalice Rosie 2007
Waipara Hills Riesling 2007
Ti Point Riesling 2007
Fallen Angel Sauvignon Blanc 2007
Jules Taylor Pinot Noir 2007
Kim Crawford SP Rise-n-Shine Pinot Noir 2006
Cable Bay Five Hills Merlot 2005
Lake Chalice Sticky Beak Late Harvest Riesling 2006

My fave was the Jules Taylor Pinot Noir - I had the 06 at the Casino recently and loved it even at $9.50 a glass. Don’t forget to post a comment on your favourites or anything else you might like to note….

Thanks Ross for a great night and we would welcome you back to do more from your portfolio anytime.

Websites to visit:

http://www.lakechalice.co.nz/
http://www.fallenangelwines.com/
http://www.tipoint.co.nz/
http://www.julestaylor.com/
http://www.waiparahills.co.nz/
http://www.kimcrawfordwines.co.nz/
http://www.cablebayvineyards.co.nz/

Cheers, JB