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Wine: Label snobs by Michael Cooper | New Zealand Listener

Now – reflecting the prestige of such wines as Te Mata Coleraine, Tom, Babich The Patriarch and Te Whau The Point – the average price of a branded red wine in New Zealand is nudging $40. Goldwater Goldie is a classic example. Grown on Auckland's Waiheke … Made principally from cabernet sauvignon and merlot, it is a classic claret style, overflowing with blackcurrant, plum and spice flavours, deliciously lush and well-rounded. Brick Bay Pharos ($29), grown at Matakana, …

Wine: In the pink by Michael Cooper | New Zealand Listener

Gordon Russell, who crafts New Zealand's most awarded rosé on the competition circuit – Esk Valley Merlot/Malbec Rosé – agrees: “It's hard to believe this fruity and simple wine can be the most complex 'hands-on' wine to produce.” …

Wine: Vintage reds by Michael Cooper | New Zealand Listener

Te Mata Estate, the long–established Hawke's Bay winery, believes its famous cabernet/merlot blend, Coleraine,- “is now recognised as New Zealand's greatest red wine”. It would be hard to argue with the claim, because Coleraine's …

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