The 2008
Gibbston Valley Reserve Pinot Noir was awarded the trophy for Best Pinot Noir
at the 2010 Sydney International Wine Competition. Exclusively imported by us!

Gibbston
Valley Reserve Pinot Noir is the winery’s flagship wine and is only produced in
those vintages which produce fruit of exceptional quality.  All the fruit
for the 2008 Reserve came from the School House vineyard in Bendigo.

“This Reserve
Pinot Noir is the most elegant of our 2008 reds –not the biggest.  It has
a beautiful perfume unique to this vineyard” Keys added.  

“Great Pinot
Noir has a link to a place, a real character that defines the wine.  This
School House Vineyard is simply exceptional.  Wines from here are layered
and complex.”

Typically made
in small quantities there are just 480 cases of the 2008 Reserve Pinot Noir
still available

It has been a
consistent winner of gold medals and trophies since it was first produced in
1995, with earlier vintages of this label having won best pinot noir trophies
at the NZ Royal Easter Show Wine Awards (twice), the Japan International Wine
Challenge and the London International Wine Challenge.

Australia’s
Matt Skinner has been enjoying the Oakridge Chardonnay 2008. Matt is now based back
in Australia, looking after Jamie Oliver’s Australian restaurants and writing
his best selling book “the juice”.

Oakridge
Chardonnay 2008 (£16.99) tasting note.

“David
Bicknell and his team are producing some of the most pure expressions of
Chardonnay in this country. Expect subdued and stylish nose of grapefruit,
struck match and nutty oak, while palate is rich and steely, with terrific
intensity of citrus fruit, moreish acidity and a long drying finish.”

See
link to website http://www.htfwines.co.uk/scripts/oakridge-wine

Our wines are so cool we are getting write-ups in the Sunday
Times Style magazine. New wine columnist Bob Tyrer tastes the Haute Cabriere
Chardonnay Pinot Noir 2008. See link for article.

BLACKBIRD VINEYARDS IS SELECTED AS THE EXCLUSIVE RED AND ROSÉ WINE AT VANITY FAIR'S TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL GALA

The 2006 Arise Napa Valley Proprietary Red Wine and 2008 Arriviste Napa Valley Rosé were featured at this star-studded event

Merlot is a bit like Marmite, you either love it or you hate it. This grape, on occasions has bad press, (especially if you’ve ever watched the movie Sideways) although we think that is somewhat unjust. I find especially with New World Merlot, bottle age is all important, and would avoid any 08/09 vintages like the plague (or swine flu!) But give the wine a couple of years or more to soften and develop and you will be rewarded. We have done this for you, so try these
corkers and you won’t be cursing

http://www.htfwines.co.uk/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=577

Check out the pictures of my latest tasting trip to USA. If you enjoy touring around vineyards in beautiful locations then you have to go to Napa.  In one day you can visit a French Chateaux, a Spanish Bodegas, a Tuscan Villa and even an English Country House, I call it the

 Christine and Dave MacDonald - Owners of Bladen Winery

Pioneers of the Marlborough wine growing region. Dave and Christine were one of only eight vineyards in the district in 1989. How things have changed!

1. Which is your favourite wine out the Bladen range? That’s a tough question…… Of course we like all our wines as we make them to suit our own palate  This vintage however, I think my favourite wine is the Gewurztraminer.  It was fantastic fruit on the vine and

As the summer months ascend upon us we have some great wines featured in this, our first, Hard to Find Wines Magazine. So you may be asking ‘have we decided to stop selling wine and start a magazine?’

English winemakers have hit an all time high and critics say it's time we tried our native wines. Bob Lindo of Camel Valley spent 20 years cultivating his victorious vineyards in Cornwall and he's just won the UK's first ever gold medal in the International Wine Challenge - the Oscars of the wine world.

"Every time anybody in the English wine industry wins something it's good for everybody," he said. "We all gain and it raises the profile of English wine in general."

The London International Wine Fair and its counterpart spirits exhibition Distil last week attracted their second-highest audience ever. Although the visitor numbers were down by 7% from last year's attendance at just under 14,000, the event was described as "excellent" by its organisers.