by Traveling Golfer Staff | May 24, 2019
Like a reliable old friend, this Sauvignon Blanc keeps delivering. Its ripe, tropical punch of fruit from the Wairau Valley meshes beautifully with the bell peppers, jalapeno peppers and lemongrass of the cooler Awatere Valley, with lime skin notes tying it all...
by Traveling Golfer Staff | May 24, 2019
It screams high altitude with its acidity and rich, dark flavours. Fairly polished for the price, with herbal notes of blackberry, black plum, mocha, spice and graphite, but still silky. Excellent value...
by Traveling Golfer Staff | May 24, 2019
Chocolate, plum, strawberry, forest floor aromas, a touch of smoke and even a little sweet lemon buried in this densely coloured, full-bodied Zinfandel (Primitivo in Italy). It’s a tad on sweet side, but it’s a characteristic that subsides with decanting. Quite a...
by Traveling Golfer Staff | May 24, 2019
Purple-red in the glass, medium- to full-bodied, dry and augmented with 7% Malbec and 2% Petit Verdot, this rich Cab carries aromas of eucalyptus, dark chocolate, a sprinkling of pepper, dill and other herbs, with blackberry, plum and black cherry carrying the fruit...
by Traveling Golfer Staff | May 24, 2019
This is the same vintage I tasted last year, and it has matured in the bottle, so grab a few while you still can. Straddling somewhere between full-bodied and midweight, this Southwest France Malbec opens with a forest floor nose of eucalyptus, anise, blackberry,...
