20 May 2021, 10:37 BST
The Smith & Sheth vineyard. At the Smith & Sheth Heretaunga Wine Studio, located in the heart of Havelock North, visitors can book a tasting experience set in a studio theatre, with an audio-visual presentation to accompany tastings.
Photograph by Smith & Sheth
The bike path alongside the coastal road heading south from Napier’s city centre is sprinkled with cyclists, likely on their way to the next wine tasting. Cycling from winery to winery along the 125-mile Hawke’s Bay Trails, cooled by the sea breeze, is the best way to experience the region, says my taxi driver, as we zoom past the riders. A Napier local, he tells me one of his other part-time jobs is picking apples at a nearby orchard a seasonal necessity, given that Hawke’s Bay is the largest apple-growing region in New Zealand. “Here to write about food?” he asks me. “You’re gonna need more than three days.”
Making the Case for New Zealand Reds
BY REBECCA GIBB MW | MARCH 02, 2021
Almost a century before Pinot Noir found its feet in Central Otago and Martinborough, a Croatian-born viticulturist toured New Zealand to assess the potential for making wine. In 1895, Romeo Bragato visited the country’s fledgling vineyards, tasting the fruit and delivering his thoughts on the suitability of the climate and soils. In his
Report on the Prospects of Viticulture in New Zealand, he declared that Central Otago, the Wairarapa and Hawke’s Bay were well adapted to wine production. In a later publication Bragato suggested that the most suitable red grapes were Syrah, the two Cabernets, Dolcetto and Pinot Noir. However, the brakes were slammed on New Zealand’s development as a wine-producing nation. Bragato’s report coincided with the rise of a strong temperance movement, which led to a close-run vote on prohibition in 1919 and ushered in a slew of restrictive measures on wine sales, some of w
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Kiwis acquire Hawke s Bay s Trinity Hill winery after US investor jailed
15 Feb, 2021 01:27 AM
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Hastings winery Trinity Hill is back under New Zealand ownership. Photo / Supplied
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Louise Gould
Hawke s Bay s Trinity Hill Winery is back in New Zealand hands, nearly four years after its US owner was imprisoned for fraud. A group of private investors, including Waikato-based rich-lister Mitch Plaw, have acquired the well known winery formerly owned by American Charles Banks.
Founded in 1993 by Robyn and Robert Wilson, Trinity Hill was an early pioneer of the now-famous Gimblett Gravels winemaking sub-region located near Hastings.
By Alexandre Centeleghe, Lecturer in Oenology at Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL)
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Seasonal winter food and wine pairings by the EHL experts Photo: EHL
As 2020 comes to an end, Chef Fabien Pairon, Senior Lecturer in Practical Arts and Meilleur Ouvrier de France , joins Alexandre Centeleghe, Lecturer in Oenology, for some seasonal winter food and wine pairing suggestions. Advertisements
When thinking of a food and wine pairing, it is important to understand the interaction between the 5 tastes the human tongue perceives: sweetness, acidity, saltiness, bitterness and umami.
Sweet food goes well with still or sparkling wines that have some sweetness in them in order for the wines to not feel bitter and bland in the pairing.