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Matt’s 2010 Syrah Picks

Posted by Lisa on November 16, 2011. Category: Wine News — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Hi from Matt

After judging the 2011 Mercedes Benz Hawkes Bay Wine Awards, and weeks of blind panel tasting at Fine Wine Delivery Company, I can definitively say that 2010 is a seminal year for Hawkes Bay and Waiheke Syrah.  It is clearly the greatest vintage for the variety in New Zealand thus far. The  vintage was a near perfect growing season that produced very low yields of ripe, flavour-packed and physiologically-balanced grapes.  This, combined with greater vine maturity and winemaker experience with the variety have culminated in a huge surge forward in Syrah quality and style in this country.
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Cellar Journal: New Wines from one of the World’s Emerging Great Estates

Posted by Andie on June 15, 2011. Category: Cellar Journal Exclusive — Tags:

One of the World’s Great Wine Estates in the making
is in our own backyard on Waiheke Island
In this week’s FWDC Cellar Journal we are proud to offer the exciting new-vintage releases of Man O’ War wines
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FWDC Cellar Journal: Rare Wine Auction – PLUS – Collectors Champagne – Luxury Chardonnay – Top 10 Italian Red – Dramatic Syrah

Posted by Andie on February 25, 2011. Category: Cellar Journal Exclusive — Tags: , , , , , ,

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

Apologies we didn’t send you our weekly Cellar Journal on Tuesday as expected. When the news of the devastating earthquake in Christchurch began to emerge we decided to put our normal business on hold and focus the energies of our team on how we could best do something to assist.

Wednesday afternoon we released an auction of three rare Selection Series dozens from our wine cellar to help raise funds for the Red Cross Earthquake Appeal. The response has been sensational. As we send you this email the top three bids sit at $4,250, $4,010 and $4,000 guaranteeing a minimum of $12,260 to the cause and with final bidding not closing until 3pm today that figure will climb.

If you would like to bid on a dozen knowing that you’ll be enjoying some extraordinary aged wines of which 100% of your purchase price will make its way to the Red Cross Earthquake Fund the auction is live until 3pm today so there is still plenty of opportunity. Please notify as many people as possible to help maximise the funds raised for the Earthquake Appeal. For full details – see our previous blog post

Below is the Cellar Journal we were due to send you on Tuesday, Enjoy.
Cheers, Jeff

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The most exceptional NZ Wine Discovery in many years…it has Parker, Decanter and Campbell MW waxing lyrical

Posted by Tracey on March 7, 2010. Category: FineWineTV — Tags: , , ,

Last Friday Jeff and I returned to Man O’ War with our video production team and captured the  essence of this unique wine venture and the passion of its key people; winemaker, Duncan McTavish and viticulturist, Matt Allen.

We thinks it’s an engrossing 25-minute watch, do it over lunch.

Click here to view and buy Man O’ War Wines

Click here to view Jeff’s article on his visit to Man O’ War

Cheers
Tracey

Jeff’s New Wine Discovery

Posted by Andie on February 19, 2010. Category: Wine News — Tags: , ,

Absolutely staggering! That’s how I can best describe my recent visit to Man O’ War vineyards located on a rugged 4,500 acre private station at the Eastern end of Waiheke Island in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf, a 40-minute ferry ride from downtown Auckland. I knew of its existence, this Spencer family owned winegrowing project started in 1993; I had experienced some of their earlier wines and to be frank found them to be inconsistent, some bottles delicious some definitely not so. (more…)

 
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