Tuesday, July 31, 2012 Some people drink wine because it is just delicious. Some drink it because it is just normal and part of everyday life. There is a big group of people where wine goes beyond those parameters and wine is a life style, a hobby and a passion. Some extensive wine cellars are [...]
The winner of the $10,000 Winesale.co.nz Wine Label Art Award 2011 is Auckland artist Belinda Griffiths. The Award was announced last night at the 2011 New Zealand Art Show’s Gala Evening attended by over 1,200 people. Yesterday, Winesale.co.nz representatives viewed some 3,000 artworks by 675 artists before choosing to award this year’s Wine Label Art [...]
Our Number One customer wine reviewer Linda Sorensen tells us about the recent Top Ten Reviewers weekend at the fabulous Parehua Estate in Martinborough… First, a note to all you wine lovers on the Mainland. Where were you??? I know there are more wine consumers here on the South Island because Peter and Andrea would [...]
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Season Greetings, Three days away and I was back in the office. But what a good Christmas I have had, and I hope you as well. In many ways it was quite memorable, and I will explain why. The day before Christmas I went to the office without shaving. (hot water ran out) Late that afternoon I [...]
Thank you to all those pioneers who put fingers to keyboard this weekend and became our first Customer Reviewers! Congratulations to Gary Clarkson who won the draw for a bottle of 2002 Penfolds Grange! Well done Gary this beautiful $620 bottle of wine is on its way out to you – enjoy and drink it [...]
Win a Fabulous Wine Weekend at Parehua Martinborough Country Estate Plus Weekly Prizes! At Winesale we want you to tell the world what you think of our wines! And we’re offering BIG prizes for your reviews. Over the next three months we are going to be giving away loads of weekly prizes plus a giant [...]
I was watching the news the other day and I saw Lady Gaga dressed in raw meat. A naked dish sprinkled with talent and thinly sliced beef! But what about the wine? By itself the “meat”, thinly sliced (Carpaccio as the Italians call this dish) with a beautifully sprinkling of aged Parmigianino cheese, a drizzle [...]
Winemakers are artists, they work with a liquid medium and have immense pride in their creations. They are insecure, always worried and always passionate. At Winesale.co.nz we work with so many grape artists already we felt we should extend our support to the other arts. We found a brilliant organization called The New Zealand Art [...]
Sassoregale Sangiovese di Toscana is one of those wines that’s just a little bit hard to pronounce and has us casting our eye down the wine list for something a little less challenging. Big mistake! Sangiovese is the principal grape variety of the famed Chianti wine from Tuscany (probably Italy’s best known red wine). For [...]
Our fellow wine lovers, An introduction is needed here. My name is Michael Mebus. I am the new General manager of Winesale.co.nz. Amongst my many tasks, I have to find you the best wine deals available from New Zealand as well as from overseas and besides that to be informative. So this is my first [...]
I was fortunate to attend the 2010 International Chardonnay Challenge forum and awards dinner last week. Firstly, I would like to congratulate Prue Younger and her team of helpers and judges for a wonderful event. With the rise of wines such as Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Gris, Chardonnay has suffered a decline in consumption but [...]
Since the creation of the Kea Point wine label in 2008, Winesale.co.nz has sold 30,000 bottles with twenty cents from the sale of each bottle going to the Threatened Species Trust. The trust is administered by the Department of Conservation (DOC) and The Forest and Bird Society. The desire to support the conservation of New [...]
Well it has been a long time between drinks but we have found the post button in time to run through some of the magnificent wines we have recently added to the website.
It has always been our mission to provide the best wines at the best prices, be it a tasty Sauvignon for no more [...]
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