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With the proliferation of wine shows throughout the new world, are they still relevant and does the consumer trust and buy on the sticker? It is apparent that wine show medals and sticker indicate the immaturity of a wine drinking nation. Where once we would taste everything now we rely on stickers and other peoples judgement to guide us what to drink.

The Rosé Revolution is about increasing the awareness of dry, purpose-made, Rosé which has its traditional home in the south of France. Variety incidental, these are serious styles to be enjoyed at any time.

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This petition should be consumer lead and therefore I ask you to sign it to show the government that they need to reconsider and amend the bill.

Jayson Bryant and radio Wammo talk the Rugby World Cup, Alcohol Reform Bill, and Saint Clair Block 18 Sauvignon Blanc 2011 from Marlboorough.
Block 18 Snap Block, the name derives from the apple orchard that previously was planted, and snap was the type of apple grown there.

A very Northern Rhone styled wine, and definitely not a wine for those expecting big bolden fruit like a typical Aussie Shiraz.

There has been much discussion about the Alcohol Reform Bill and what it means for New Zealand winery cellar doors, and you've heard me bleet on about the wine industry before, but what does it really mean for the boutique wineries?

Auckland is to host NZ's biggest culinary event ever

I am constantly surprised, bemused, and sometimes excited by the arrival of new wine shows and their proliferation in a time where money is short and there are more labels than you could shake a stick at.