It’s Not Just The Weather The 2010 growing season is now being called the worst-ever harvest. Sonoma seems to have gotten the worst of it. Because the fruit was on the vine longer than normal, and the rainy season has begun, a lot of the fruit has suffered from mold. Some vineyards have suffered 100 [...]
Some Prices are Starting to Going Up If you haven’t noticed, prices continue to creep upward. A quick trip to the mall for a sale will have you asking, “This is on sale? This is the same price it was a few months ago!” Price increases are most noticeable at the grocery store. Coffee, eggs, [...]
Prices Continue to Drop New Zealand sauvignon blanc makes up 80% of the nation’s wine exports. On the South Island’s Marlborough region, the amount of land devoted to vineyards has increase four-fold in the past six years. That’s the good news. The bad news is, the average export price of wine will fall 12% next [...]
Sam Neill: Two Paddocks Located in the Central Otago region of New Zealand—the world’s southernmost wine region—Two Paddocks was launched in 1993 by ‘Jurassic Park’ star Sam Neill. A long-time wine enthusiast, the Kiwi native began his vineyard with just five acres of pinot noir and is in the process of further expanding his acreage. [...]
The New World Wine has been made in New Zealand since shortly after the arrival of the first Europeans. Because of the country’s geographic isolation, little was known about the regions wines and it was almost entirely geared to local tastes. The modern wine industry in New Zealand began in 1973 when sauvignon vines were [...]
