Blog posts
Cellaring Wine in NZ
Cellaring wine seems like such a European thing to do. We have romantic notions of cellars dug deep into limestone hills or excavated into the...
Wineseeker Celebrates 10 Years!
10 Years – doesn’t time fly!? June 2014 marked the 10 year Anniversary of Wineseeker. Originally named ‘Bond Street Liquor’ – road closures and water-main replacements prompted...
Wineseeker Celebrates a Decade
June 2014 sees Wineseeker celebrating our 10-Year Anniversary. As a celebration of this milestone, we hosted a FREE wine tasting event on Friday 20 June 2014 at the shop...
Carmenere vs Malbec
Both originally blending grapes from the Bordeaux region in France, Carmenere of Chile and Malbec of Argentina have become flagship wines of South America. On Thursday 29...
Syrah vs. Shiraz - 23 May 2014
The Tasting The same grape, but very different wine styles are produced from around the world as demonstrated at this tasting at Wineseeker. On Friday 23 May...
Wines of Northern Spain
Wines of Northern Spain April 2014 saw us hosting our 'Exploration Series' wine tasting featuring the wines of Northern Spain - from the stormy Atlantic,...
Central Crush 2014
Central Crush – An insight into the Central Otago Wine Industry Recently I was lucky enough attend Central Crush, an annual trade fieldtrip held in...
Gnocchi Parmasana with rich tomato sauce
This is an approximate recipe for the potato gnocchi dish served at our 'Amarone Tasting' - remember if anyone wants recipes for any of the dishes...
Recipe for Cocido Montanes (Mountain Stew)
By special request I've posted up the rough recipe that I used for the "Mountain Stew" in our Northern Spain tasting - or as near...