Vine Island

Bedrock Wine Co.

Old Vine Zinfandel 2025

Medium-dark reddish-purple color, spicy, brambly black raspberry aromas and flavors, some underlying faint herbal notes show as well, compared to the 2023 opened alongside, younger, fresher, very fruit forward, reminds me of where the 2023 was a few years ago, a perfect pizza wine or midweek Zinfandel, kudos to Morgan, Chris and Cody!! — 7 days ago

Jim Powers
with Jim
Paul, Tom and 5 others liked this

Vine Hill Ranch

Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon 2012

A spectacular, powerful wine. Fabulous bouquet. Dark cherries, black raspberries, and dark chocolate. Silky smooth with a satisfyingly long finish. Still has lots of cellaring potential, but pretty fabulous now. — 20 days ago

Craggy Range

Te Muna Road Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2035

Fruit forward with super clean finish — 2 months ago

Jessica Montgomery
with Jessica

Loveblock

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024

This just may be my favorite NZ SB — 3 months ago

Whitehaven

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2025

Really crisp and tart. A lovely sharp white. — 5 days ago

Bedrock Wine Co.

Ode to Lulu California Old Vine Rosé Blend 2025

Lovely rose of Mourvedre, good weight and length, should age further. — 8 days ago

Jim Powers
with Jim
Brian, Tom and 3 others liked this

Cloudy Bay

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023

Lovely with Pat’s grilled salmon. Last of the bottles purchased from Amazon Fresh before closing. — a month ago

Broc Cellars

Vine Starr Sonoma County Zinfandel 2023

Haven’t had for awhile. So brilliant. Fresh crushed berries, plums, forest, greenery, just on the nose. Palate is similar with some dried rose mixed in. Fresh plums, cherries, so tart, jolly rancher but not quite love this wine. — 3 months ago

Tom liked this

Oyster Bay

Marlborough Pinot Noir 2023

Wild Culture Yala. — 3 months ago

Ata Rangi

Martinborough Pinot Noir 2019

Fresh and good acidity. Well balanced paired well with cedar plank salmon — 3 months ago

David Stein
with David

Felton Road

Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2019

Unmistakably Central Otago to my palate. Red plums and raspberries. 20% of the grapes were whole bunch. Also aged in 27% new oak. I must mention Neil Martin’s famous Quote, “ Whenever there is a tasting designed to challenge the supremacy of Burgundy, it is usually Felton Road that is ushered into the ring”. Very much on allocation these days and can be difficult to source. — 5 months ago

Jan, Shay and 16 others liked this
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I would very much agree with Neil.
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Better acidity than burgundy.

Kono

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc

One of my more favorite summer drier wines. — 14 days ago

Bogle Family Vineyards

Old Vine California Zinfandel 2023

Tar, blackberry and muddy tannins. Varietally on point, great value. Old school Zin — a month ago

Tom, Doug and 3 others liked this

Dog Point Vineyard

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024

Lemon, grass and a lot of acidity — a month ago

Oyster Bay

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2025

This is always a solid Sauvignon Blanc, drank last night with Matt — 3 months ago

Burn Cottage

Central Otago Pinot Noir 2022

Home vineyard bottling. Dark and brooding on the nose. Classic Central. Dark fruit, savoury spice, earth. The palate has good weight and concentration of dark slightly sour cherry, and wood spice. Enough acid to provide the structure needed to hold the power together — 3 months ago

Ira liked this

Matua

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024

Wow. I liked this more than most. Hard alkaline open. Citrus. Dry. Then a little juicy fruit on the way out. — 3 months ago

Ted liked this

Kistler

Vine Hill Vineyard Chardonnay 2017

Drinking wonderfully! — 4 months ago