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Te Whare Ra Wines – Home of Toru – Happy Wine Woman
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Get Happy – Join the Happy Wine Woman Wine Club. Hong Kong and China. Te Whare Ra Wines – Home of Toru. January 15, 2015. By Happy Wine Woman. Image credit: Te Whare Ra (TWR) Wines. A recent trip home for Christmas also included my first visit to the Marlborough wine region in the top of the South Island. Given I am from New Zealand this was long overdue and I was excited to see what the region had on offer in addition to the famous (or infamous depending on your point of view! Both are involved in the m...
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New Zealand Road Trip: Chardonnay – Martinborough – Happy Wine Woman
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Get Happy – Join the Happy Wine Woman Wine Club. Hong Kong and China. New Zealand Road Trip: Chardonnay – Martinborough. January 30, 2015. By Happy Wine Woman. Rimutaka Range with Martinborough in the distance. At an hour’s drive northeast of Wellington you wind through the Rimutaka Ranges before descending down into the valley of Martinborough, a tiny town framed by the Ruamahanga and Huangarua Rivers. We are headed just outside the township to visit Larry McKenna of Escarpment Wines. In addition to Cha...
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Our summer vacation. In our empty house. In the US. | Tai Tai in Shanghai
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Tai Tai in Shanghai. My life as an ex-pat in Shanghai. Our summer vacation. In our empty house. In the US. Asymp; 1 Comment. Life in a foreign country. Needless to say, we were a spectacle and no doubt, the subject of many photos in Xi’an. Our first week was spent in a whirlwind of doctor’s appointments, shopping and visiting with friends. Staying in our empty house was a bit disconcerting but we’ve gotten used to it. Here’s how we spent our summer:. 50th wedding anniversary party. Traveling to Connectic...
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Marlborough – Happy Wine Woman
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Get Happy – Join the Happy Wine Woman Wine Club. Hong Kong and China. New Zealand Pinot Noir – a regional focus. Image Credit: Seifried Estate) As part of the Watson’s Wine Grand Tasting Week a masterclass with seven key Pinot Noir producers was held at The Mira in Hong Kong. On offer was a selection of 12 wines covering the main Pinot Noir producing regions spanning from Central Otago in the South Island through to Martinborough […]. New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc shortage is the sky really falling? Sticki...
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Waipara – Happy Wine Woman
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Get Happy – Join the Happy Wine Woman Wine Club. Hong Kong and China. New Zealand Pinot Noir – a regional focus. Image Credit: Seifried Estate) As part of the Watson’s Wine Grand Tasting Week a masterclass with seven key Pinot Noir producers was held at The Mira in Hong Kong. On offer was a selection of 12 wines covering the main Pinot Noir producing regions spanning from Central Otago in the South Island through to Martinborough […]. New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc shortage is the sky really falling? In thi...
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New Zealand Chenin Blanc – well worth a look … – Happy Wine Woman
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Get Happy – Join the Happy Wine Woman Wine Club. Hong Kong and China. New Zealand Chenin Blanc – well worth a look …. February 17, 2015. By Happy Wine Woman. In thinking about New Zealand white wines Chenin Blanc is unlikely to be the first variety that comes to mind. In fact, I am told anecdotally that there are less than ten producers in the entire country and with Chenin Blanc accounting for 0.7% of the total production area that is not hard to believe. [1]. Begins in the 1960s. The good news however,...
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Dessert Wine: A stack of “stickies” from New Zealand – Happy Wine Woman
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Get Happy – Join the Happy Wine Woman Wine Club. Hong Kong and China. Dessert Wine: A stack of “stickies” from New Zealand. March 3, 2015. By Happy Wine Woman. Stickies is a term commonly used in Australia and New Zealand to refer to dessert wines and on our recent road trip to New Zealand we came across three fabulous examples from Alpha Domus. In Hawke’s Bay, Greywacke. In Marlborough and Waipara’s Pegasus Bay. The different stages of botrytis infection. Source: Great Bordeaux Wines. The colour of the ...
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Greywacke – Happy Wine Woman
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Get Happy – Join the Happy Wine Woman Wine Club. Hong Kong and China. New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc shortage is the sky really falling? Dessert Wine: A stack of “stickies” from New Zealand. New Zealand Road Trip: Chardonnay – Marlborough. Image credit: Mahi Vineyard. The drive north along the coast from Waipara to the Marlborough region offers some spectacular scenery and if you are fortunate enough to have a brilliantly sunny day as we did, it makes for a rather memorable journey. This was my firs...Luis ...
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New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc shortage – is the sky really falling? – Happy Wine Woman
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Get Happy – Join the Happy Wine Woman Wine Club. Hong Kong and China. New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc shortage is the sky really falling? August 18, 2015. By Happy Wine Woman. First published Wine Times Hong Kong August 2015. Image credit: Harvesting Sauvignon Blanc for Greywacke Wild Sauvignon, Yarrum Vineyard, Marlborough. Photo: Kevin Judd.). So should the dedicated Sauvignon Blanc drinker be stockpiling bottles in preparation for a looming shortage? Nevertheless the current situation combined with the gr...
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Get Happy – Join the Happy Wine Woman Wine Club. Hong Kong and China. Author: Happy Wine Woman. Harvest in the Yarra Valley. Written for Spirito di Vino Asia Issue #24. Image: Redfish Bluefish Photographic. Driving into Healesville, the town around which Australia’s Yarra Valley is centred, I am due for an early morning meeting with Steve Flamsteed, before his day starts to fill up with the duties of Head Winemaker and now part owner of Giant Steps. […]. Mammoths – who doesn’t love them? Victoria’s...
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