VINO BLOG

Tonight Brett Crittenden, Guigal's International Brand Ambassador took us through a ranging representation of this top Rhone producer's wines. Although Guigal is one of the world's most recognised wine brands, its history in European terms is relatively recent having been established in...

Tonight's tasting focused on Hunter's 20 years of Miru Miru sparkling wine. Hosted by winemaker Inus van de Westhuizen who has been the specialist Sparkling wine maker at Hunters for over 10 years. Hunters can rightly claim to be Marlborough's...

Elephant Hill have become one of Hawkes Bay’s leading wineries since planting the first vines at Te Awanga in 2003. The winery and restaurant is now a ‘must visit’ destination. The company also has vineyards in the Gimblett Gravels and...

Founded in 1997 by Gibbston Valley pioneer, Alan Brady. In 2004 winemaker Duncan Forsyth and Bermuda based Kiwi, John Buchanan joined forces taking over Mount Edward, focusing on small batch single vineyard wines. They now have in addition to the home vineyard and winery site on...

Jean Christophe has been a regular tasting host at Vino Fino for a number of years now, each time bringing a Taste of France from the excellent selection that he imports into New Zealand. Being French (he's married to a...

“Hugh Crichton, winemaker at Vidal in Hawke’s Bay must be buzzing. The recent releases of his ‘grand cru’ styled ‘Legacy’ wines have earned exceptional praise with critics and judges both overseas and in New Zealand. I’ve had the fortune of tasting a...

One of our highlight tastings of the year, it was a great welcome back to Jane Ferrari. Jane has been hosting Yalumba tastings at Vino Fino and around the world for many years and is recognised as not only Australia's, but...

Kirrihill was established in 1998 by two mates from old Clare families with an initial plan to develop vineyards from sites round their farm holdings but things grew from there with the inclusion of more vineyards and in 2000 they...

It was a real pleasure to welcome John Hancock back to Vino Fino to present wines from Trinity Hill. From the first vintage in 1996, Trinity Hill has become the face of the Gimblett Gravels sub-region of Hawkes Bay. Not...

Wine Importer and raconteur Michael Jemison paired up an interesting and eclectic range of wines to present for this tasting. It was certainly a treat to taste these, especially the older German Rieslings. The crowd favourite was headed by the stunning...