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
In this week’s Listener, Michael Cooper looks at the very popular Pinot Gris variety. To help choose among the 300 labels crowding the shelves he recommends his favourites, first up the Blackenbrook Pinot Gris:
Daniel Schwarzenbach and his wife Ursula produce one of this country’s most striking Pinot Gris. In the classic mould of Alsace, Blackenbrook Nelson Pinot Gris is typically a powerful, high-alcohol wine, enticingly floral, with a strong surge of peach, pear and spice flavours, hints of apple strudel and honey, gentle sweetness and lovely vibrancy and richness.
Michael Cooper than proceeds to recommend Dry River, Greystone, Terrace Edge and Villa Maria Pinot Gris before closing the article with high praise for Nelson’s Waimea Estate Pinot Gris .
Read the entire article here.
