2010 November | The Fine Wine Delivery Company Blog

FWDC Cellar Journal – Tom 2007 New Release

Posted by Greg on November 30, 2010. Category: Cellar Journal Exclusive — Tags: Champagne, Church Road, Church Road Tom, red wine

Hi to all our valued cellar and selected premium wine customers,

Christmas has come early for Tom collectors with the new release 2007 arriving in store on the 1st of December. Rated as the best Tom ever by winemaker Chris Scott, this is the vintage to quickly get your hands on. So good is Tom 2007, I’ve matched it with one of my favourite Pork & Crackling recipes, one that will surely impress. Also, we’ve just landed fresh stocks of our fabulous range of Champagne Gardet – an exclusive import to the Fine Wine Delivery Company. Their flagship 2000 Vintage Champagne and 2005 Vintage Rosé are absolute must haves for the serious Champagne aficionado. With no distributor margins they are so unbelievably priced, you’ll have to read the prices twice.

With Christmas officially only 26 days away, forget running around like a headless chook, let the Fine Wine Delivery Company team take care of your wine requirements, Corporate gifts or that special bottle of wine you have been thinking about buying yourself. Click here

If you have tried any 1995, 1996, 1998 or 2000 vintage Tom, we would love to hear your thoughts so please comment on our Blog or contact me directly greg@finewinedelivery.co.nz

Cheers Greg

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Video Review: Peregrine Pinot Noir 2009 – Hattrick at Air NZ Wine Awards

Posted by Andie on November 29, 2010. Category: FineWineTV — Tags: Peregrine, Pinot Noir, red wine

Benchmark Central Otago Pinot Noir
SCOOPS HATTRICK at AIR NZ Wine Awards

The international judges comments:
“the finest example of the finest red wine variety in this country”

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FWDC Cellar Journal – World Champion Pinot Noir+ 99 Point Super Tuscan

Posted by Andie on November 23, 2010. Category: Cellar Journal Exclusive — Tags: Champagne, Esk Valley, Gladstone, Hawkes Bay, Pinot Noir, Syrah, Villa Maria

Hi to all our valued cellar and selected premium wine customers,

This week see’s the release of the fasted rising Pinot Noir star of the Wairarapa and possibly NZ, ‘GLADSTONE 2009’ conquer all comers from Burgundy, Oregon, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand to take out ‘CHAMPION NZ Pinot Noir’ and ‘CHAMPION Pinot Noir of Show’ at the Cathy Pacific HK International Wine & Spirit Competition.

Big things are on the horizon for Gladstone’s Pinot Noir given the succession of multi-award winning vintages that have led up to this 2009 Global Champion. It is a very complex and beguiling Pinot Noir quite reminiscent of expensive French Burgundy which would have appealed to the International judging panel.

I have chosen a firm favourite food match of Confit duck and wild mushrooms, the perfect pairing to Gladstone’s 2009 Pinot Noir – Click here to see the recipe

Hot off the press, Tenuta dell Ornellaia 2007 (the greatest 1st Growth Bordeaux style red made outside of Bordeaux-France) has just been rated 99 Points, making this the highest scoring Ornellaia ever – There is only 24 x 750ml bottles available plus 2 x magnums 2 x 3 litres. These 3-litre Ornellaia’s would make a fabulous long term investment purchase.

The Esk Valley Winemakers Reserve 2007 (formally the Reserve but under its new livery) has scooped up yet another major award taking its tally to 1x Trophy and 4 x Gold Medals – In the top echelon of NZ Syrah and out of the fabulous 2007 Hawkes Bay vintage that could prove to be the greatest vintage this region has yet experienced – Don’t miss this boat!

Finally we’ve seen a major resurgence of demand for premium NZ Chardonnay in 2010; look no further than the 2009 Villa Maria Reserve (Black Label) Hawkes Bay Chardonnay which has cleaned up at the Air NZ Wine awards Trophy & Gold laying claim to the title of ‘Champion Chardonnay’ of Show. This is a Hawkes Bay classic beset with flavours of rich stone fruit, hints of pineapple, cashew, stylish spicy oak and pristine acid. Treat yourself to the best and make sure you cellar a few bottles through 2014+.

If you have tried last week’s food and wine match or are going to cook up a storm with this week’s recipe then we would love to hear your thoughts so please comment on our Blog or contact me directly greg@finewinedelivery.co.nz

Cheers Greg

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Video Review: NZ’s Best Gewurztraminer – Johanneshof Cellars

Posted by Andie on November 17, 2010. Category: FineWineTV — Tags: Gewürztraminer, Johanneshof, white wine

The new release of NZ’s finest, most highly awarded Gewurztraminer is here. From the outstanding 2010 vintage, it is so irresistible it just had to be my Festive Favourite in our latest brochure.

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