On Wednesday night...
We enjoyed the most fantastic evening in our Church Street shop with Nigel Greening, owner of one of New Zealand's two Grand Cru wine producers - Felton Road, Central Otago.
We enjoyed the most fantastic evening in our Church Street shop with Nigel Greening, owner of one of New Zealand's two Grand Cru wine producers - Felton Road, Central Otago.
Witty, irreverent, hugely informative and
passionate, Nigel hosted a superb night where he attributed much of his
success through luck. Nigel was very modest about his achievements but as
we all know, you make your own luck.
It is through a mixture of clever planting, adoption of Biodynamics, a concept of "place" (or as the French call it, "terroir"), a strong belief in minimal interference in winemaking and an incredible attention to detail, that has put Felton Road into a position where they could get lucky.
In a relatively short period of time, Felton Road has established itself, not only at the forefront of New Zealand's wine industry but as a world wide leader of biodynamic winemaking. This vision and passion is rewarded each year with great wines and they have been awarded with one of only 2 "Grand Cru" status' in New Zealand.
The wines we tasted were simply superb but because Felton Road is now so-over subscribed, all their wines sold on an allocation basis, selling out in most vintages before they even hit our shores.
But, joy of joys, we have an allocation of the sublime 2012 vintage, that Nigel reckons is possibly the best vintage so far!
How do you get some??
I have the following 2012's (and one 2011) available (delivery later this year) but due to the very limited quantities, please let me know what you would like and I will do my best to secure the stocks for you.......a bit like olympic tickets!
To place your requests, just reply to this email and I will divide these up as best I can - you CAN (and are encouraged to) ask for individual bottles too!
The exceptional "Blocks"
Much as I dislike tying purchases of one to another, as the Block 3 & Block 5 are so rare and difficult for me to get, I fear I must.
So, to get a bottle of either one of the mighty Blocks, you will need to buy 12bt of the Bannockburn Pinot Noir and 6bt of either the Cornish Point or Calvert
It is through a mixture of clever planting, adoption of Biodynamics, a concept of "place" (or as the French call it, "terroir"), a strong belief in minimal interference in winemaking and an incredible attention to detail, that has put Felton Road into a position where they could get lucky.
In a relatively short period of time, Felton Road has established itself, not only at the forefront of New Zealand's wine industry but as a world wide leader of biodynamic winemaking. This vision and passion is rewarded each year with great wines and they have been awarded with one of only 2 "Grand Cru" status' in New Zealand.
The wines we tasted were simply superb but because Felton Road is now so-over subscribed, all their wines sold on an allocation basis, selling out in most vintages before they even hit our shores.
But, joy of joys, we have an allocation of the sublime 2012 vintage, that Nigel reckons is possibly the best vintage so far!
How do you get some??
I have the following 2012's (and one 2011) available (delivery later this year) but due to the very limited quantities, please let me know what you would like and I will do my best to secure the stocks for you.......a bit like olympic tickets!
To place your requests, just reply to this email and I will divide these up as best I can - you CAN (and are encouraged to) ask for individual bottles too!
The exceptional "Blocks"
Much as I dislike tying purchases of one to another, as the Block 3 & Block 5 are so rare and difficult for me to get, I fear I must.
So, to get a bottle of either one of the mighty Blocks, you will need to buy 12bt of the Bannockburn Pinot Noir and 6bt of either the Cornish Point or Calvert
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