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Nautilus Estate N.V. Brut

September 27, 2025by vinonotebook Leave a comment

Nautilus Estate is part of the esteemed Hill-Smith Family Estates and celebrates its 40th birthday this year. Winemaker is Clive Jones. Tiraged in October 2020, a split of 72.4% Pinot […]

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Nautilus Estate Chardonnay 2023

September 25, 2025by vinonotebook Leave a comment

Nautilus Estate is part of the esteemed Hill-Smith Family Estates and celebrates its 40th birthday this year. Winemaker is Clive Jones. 2023 was another La Nina vintage with wet conditions. […]

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Kim Crawford Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2020

January 30, 2022by vinonotebook Leave a comment

Kim and Erica Crawford started their label 25 years ago and have seen it grow to be the largest New Zealand wine brand by volume in both the US and […]

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Kim Crawford Illuminate Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2020

January 30, 2022by vinonotebook Leave a comment

Kim Crawford now forms part of Constellation Brand’s portfolio of wines. With the brand presence this label has in the US and across the globe they’ve ensured that they can […]

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Stoneleigh Organic Sauvignon Blanc 2021

December 14, 2021by vinonotebook 1 Comment

From 15 year old Certified Organic vines….all winemaking kept pristine with machine harvesters and stainless steel fermentation. Stoneleigh, Organic, Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, 2021 Expectedly pungent and overt. Dripping in passionfruit […]

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Giesen 0% Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2020

July 28, 2021by vinonotebook 1 Comment

Low and zero alcohol product popularity shows no sign of slowing and when powerhouse New Zealand producer Giesen are investing over a million dollars in new “spinning cone” technology that […]

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Handpicked Wines Collection Series Central Otago Pinot Noir 2016

July 12, 2020by vinonotebook Leave a comment

While Handpicked have their home and heart in the Mornington Peninsula. They now own six vineyards in Mornington, Yarra Valley, Tasmania and Barossa Valley along with sourcing from other quality […]

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Tongue In Groove Riesling 2013

July 4, 2020by vinonotebook Leave a comment

Ange Clifford is known as the public face (at least to those of us in Australia) of Tongue In Groove wines based in the Waipara Valley, New Zealand She’s engaging, […]

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Forrest Wines The Doctors’ Riesling 2018

June 3, 2020by vinonotebook Leave a comment

NZ Lighter launched into Australia at the end of 2019, after successfully being available since 2014 in New Zealand internally.  With 18 wineries participating, the initiative sees naturally produced lower […]

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Stoneleigh Latitude Pinot Noir 2016

May 24, 2019by vinonotebook Leave a comment

Sourced from selected parcels of Marlborough fruit from the Stoneleigh vineyards along Rapaura Road. Stoneleigh are a cut above the average entry level NZ producer. Stoneleigh, Latitude, Pinot Noir, Marlborough, […]

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