Tale of two new Chardonnays

These two new Chardonnays landed on my tasting table this week, highlighting two very different styles from the cool nights and hot days of Marlborough to the moderate maritime climate of Waiheke Island. Here are my reviews. 2025 Soho Carter Vineyard Waiheke Island Chardonnay RRP $60Waiheke Island is a subtropical haven in the Hauraki Gulf with a moderate maritime climate and vineyards on which white grapes thrive. It’s also home to the vineyard that delivers the grapes giv...

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Interview with Viktor Varszegi, Owner and Winemaker of Varszegi Winery

If you live near Budapest or are visiting the Hungarian capital for a holiday and happen to be a wine lover, there is a place that surprisingly few people talk about despite being only thirty minutes away from the city centre. Hidden beneath the streets of Budafok lies a network of limestone cellars stretching for…

The Holy Trinity

While on a trip to Porto and the Douro recently, a colleague and I started talking about “field blends” and I admitted that I find the mystique given to them to be a bit, how shall we say… ‘bullshit’. It’s often part of the branding at many wineries that, if they have an old vineyard, they’ll upsell the aspect that they pick all the grapes together and ferment the one as one, singular, beautiful wine. The idea being that over time, the vineyard has been planted with a vast array […] For full access, please log in or purchase a subscription.

Tale of two new Chardonnays

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Interview with Viktor Varszegi, Owner and Winemaker of Varszegi Winery

The Holy Trinity

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