Astrolabe Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, 2008
Do you know the proletarian, beer-drinking type who looks down upon wine? I have a good friend who is like this. Or, to be precise, he always pretended to be like this. Over the past few years,...
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Winery interview: Astrolabe Wines on New Zealand winemaking, Sauvignon Blanc...
A little while ago a friend opened a New Zealand fruit explosion for me, a bottle of Astrolabe Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. This was quite unusual as my friend has been a self declared beer drinking...
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Tasted blind, with surprising results, here.
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Jules Taylor, Grüner Veltliner, 2010
Grüner Veltliner is an Austrian success story. Increasingly popular, well, fashionable - cool actually -, it stands for the renaissance of Austrian winemaking after the scandal of the 1980s. Leaving...
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Tesco Finest, Central Otago Pinot Noir, 2011
Since the early days of the Wine Rambler I occasionally (and boldly I like to think) set out to explore the world of German wine as UK consumers experience it: in the supermarket. Despite many setbacks...
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