Blackenbrook Vineyard
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Blackenbrook in the Press
2012
2011
2010
- Blackenbrook Muscat a “Luscious Delight” – Review by Neil Hodgson
- Nelson – undeniably a Fine Wine Region
- Touring Nelson’s fantastic Wineries with Neil Hodgson
- Chris Patten of London’s Financial Times muses over his recent visit to Nelson
- Sue Courtney visits Blackenbrook in her bright yellow MG
- Neil Hodgson blown away by Vintage 2010
- Dream Harvest expected
- How I started my own winery – an inspirational tale by New Zealand Life & Leisure
- Nelson – home of New Zealand’s finest aromatic wines
- The phenomenal popularity of Pinot Gris shows no signs of waning
- Awesome Aromatics by Jo Burzynska
2009
- Riesling 2008 featured in Warren Barton’s Christmas Wine Guide
- International Trophy for Blackenbrook Sauvignon Blanc 2007
- Sue Courtney raves about our Pinot Gris 2008
- Blackenbrook well received
- Gold from Bragato
- Nelson aromatics show class
- Getting Competitive
- Innovation at Blackenbrook
- Nelson winery back as Kiwi rep.
- Hodgson on our Gewurztraminer ’08
- Blackenbrook Wines Full of Flavour
- Top New Zealand Rieslings
- NZ Winemakers – the new guard..
2008
2007
Michael Cooper has dedicated his latest column in The Listener to the incredible surge in quantity and quality of New Zealand Pinot Gris.
Pinot gris is now New Zealand’s third most widely planted white-wine variety, trailing only sauvignon blanc and chardonnay. Exports have risen seventeen-fold over the past five years and now exceed 200,000 cases.
With pinot gris – as with sauvignon blanc, pinot noir and merlot – winemakers have discovered a classic variety that, overall, performs better here than in Australia.
Winestate magazine’s Wine of the Year Awards bring together leading wines from both sides of the Tasman. Spy Valley Marlborough Pinot Gris 2009 won the 2009 trophy for champion pinot gris, followed by Gibbston Valley Central Otago Pinot Gris 2008 and Blackenbrook Nelson Pinot Gris 2008.
Low-vigour soils are ideal since small crops are needed to build the concentrated, ripe stonefruit and spice flavours of fine pinot gris.
Read the entire article here.
