It never surprises me when I learn a winemaker is born into a wine family; in fact it makes perfect …

Expressive on the nose with toast, white chocolate, cream and nutty marzipan aromas. The palate is well weighted and has …

A beguiling mid-copper colour leads to a nose teeming with red summer fruits and cream. The red fruits come through …

A skillfully made Champagne with white blossoms and creamy notes present with nice intensity on the nose. The palate is …

Fresh and bright on the nose with some doughy brioche aromas alongside. The palate shows great freshness and complexity with …

The history of Champagne reminds me of Harvard professor Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s quote, “Well-behaved women seldom make history.” The long …

The toasty nose and fresh aromatics are exotic and compelling. Fresh, lean and bright with an incredible acid structure. The …

Most of us have heard the term ‘Champagne Charlie’, a good time guy – or gal – who enjoys fun …

A bewitching pale-copper colour with earthy, savoury notes on the nose that come through onto the palate matched with red …

A mature style with medium colour thanks to time. Nuts, brioche, apples and citrus are evident on the nose. The …

Vibrant, lifted aromatics are expressive on the nose. Citrus and jasmine flower aromas commingle with lemon curd on the nose …

An attractive pale colour in the glass despite its age and showing lovely autolytic development of bread and brioche on …

Pale in the glass with hints of spice against the floral character of white jasmine and honeysuckle, which are matched …

The King Valley is considered the natural home of prosecco in Australia. Located in the north east of Victoria, the …

Pale gold in the glass with lots of lovely lifted aromatics on the nose. Bready and toasty with ripe apple …

A fresh and juicy prosecco with lovely white florals on the nose that segue into the palate, which is nicely …

Lifted aromatics of ripe apples, brioche and cream come through on the nose. The palate has an appealing bright lemon …

Medium coloured in the glass with lovely creamy, nutty aromas mixed with apple and orange blossom on the nose. The …

On the nose fresh white blossom sits against contrasting rich honey and toasted nut aromas. The palate has great complexity …

Citrus flowers and subtle breaded notes whisper on this quiet and elegant nose. The palate is also a quiet achiever, …

A rich luxurious gold in the glass with stunning copper threads. The nose is fresh and bright with aromas of …

A pretty, pale rose-petal pink in the glass with a lovely primary nose full of aromas of red apples, strawberries …

Pale gold in the glass with developed yeast and lifted brioche notes on the nose together with apples, honey and …

I will never tire of writing about prosecco; it’s the Italophile in me that harks back to European summer days …

I have a deep affinity for Lindauer Special Reserve Blanc de Blancs as each glass is loaded with good memories. …

If one were making a list of iconic Kiwi brands then Lindauer would have to be close to the top. …

“I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best,” quipped Irish author, poet and playwright Oscar Wilde. …

Pale with aromas of honey and dried grass on the nose alongside fresh grapefruit citrus. The palate is richly textured …

Mid pink with lovely autolytic characteristics and complex aromatics; apple brioche, strawberries, florals, nuts and warm toast abound on the …

Freshly baked bread, green apple and honeysuckle aromas commingle on the nose which is mirrored onto the palate. Roasted nuts …

This wine is very lifted and characterful on the nose with aromas of toasted nuts and fresh dough. The palate …

A Champagne with real character and lots of elements working in harmony. The palate has lovely autolytic development, which gives …

I find the history of Champagne fascinating. Each time I look for information I am inevitably found some time later …

A rich, complex and expressive nose full of rich toasty, yeast notes that leads into a beautifully crafted palate. Complex …

A golden glow in the glass with a toasted lifted creamy complexity on the nose that comes through onto the …

Bright, fresh citrus aromas stream from the glass and onto the well-weighted and superbly balanced palate. Complex autolysis and creamy …

A pale-gold colour in the glass with attractive fresh yeasty aromas. The palate is lean, yet complex with underlying fruit …

Pale in the glass with lovely complexity on the nose, this wine shows attractive sulphides, rich hazelnuts and cream against …

Citrus flowers on the nose go alongside creamy lemon sorbet and lovely autolytic complexity. The palate feels initially tight but …

A medium colour in the glass, this is a bold Champagne style with aromas of honey and toast along with …

Lovely complexity on the nose with that delightful lifted brioche toast that makes you want to dive into the glass. …

Tropical fruit aromas come through on the nose and into the palate matched with sweet lemon curd flavours present in …

Fresh and fruit driven up front with citrus and crunchy red-apple aromas on the nose that give the wine a …

A bold and powerful chardonnay expression with aromas of toffee apple, cherries and lemon citrus on the expressive nose. The …

Mid pink with copper tints and chocolatey pinot noir characters. Red apples and subtle red berry fruits are both on …

Pale pink with just a touch of copper in the glass with rich chocolate and strawberry set against fresh apple …

A delightfully pale pink with immediate strawberry notes coming through on the nose. Delicate strawberry characters are also through the …

A pale coral-pink in the glass with high-toned apple aromas and hints of strawberries. The palate is bright and refreshing …

Despite a few years in bottle, this sparkler is quite pale to the eye with a fine persistent bead. Aromas …

Plenty to please the sparkling lover here with punchy citrus on the nose followed by aromas of freshly baked bread …

Positive reductive characters on the nose with aromas of lemon-glazed brioche and apple peel against the flint. The palate is …

Last year we featured cava in the méthode traditionelle category as it is a wine that is made in the …

Aromas of cream and nuts on the nose that belie the palate which has lots of citrus and red-apple flavours …

Pale in the glass with bright fruit citrus and floral aromas set against leesy notes on the nose. The palate …

Very clean and precise, if a tad restrained, on the nose with subtle pipfruit aromas alongside lemon citrus. The palate …

Pale pink in the glass with inviting aromas of strawberries, chocolate and cream on the nose. The palate is fresh …

Although pale in the glass this is a fruit- forward, fresh and crisp sparkling wine. Initially the palate seems lean …

Vibrant in the glass with a golden hue and an enticing lifted sorbet creamy character on the nose alongside yeasty …

Verging on gold in the glass with lots of apple, citrus and white florals alongside richer honey and dough aromas …

A pleasing pink in the glass with ripe red summer fruit topped with cream aromas coming through on the nose. …

A delightfully pale pink with lots of complexity on the nose. Fresh, bright, sweet fruit aromas sit against chocolate and …

Top 12 A pale yet bright colour in the glass with white blossom and biscuity brioche alongside lemon sorbet on …

An attractive soft rosé colour that leads into a restrained nose with clean, subtle red fruit aromas and a lifted …

Pale gold in the glass with stone fruit aromas on the nose and a vibrant bead. The foaming mousse is …

A slightly deeper colour in the glass with aromas of apple and ripe stone fruit and a honey characteristic that …

A quiet style that is understated, so can often be misunderstood. Fresh and lively on the nose with aromas of …

Fresh and bright on the nose with lovely citrus and white florals with just a hint of toastiness. This freshness …

Pale with light green hues in the glass. The nose is reserved with subtle floral aromas and hints of lime …

Bright ripe apple and jasmine-flower aromas present on the nose with quite some intensity. The palate is dry and well …

Top 11 A riper style of Champagne with a fine persistent bead, bold creamy notes and nutty characters on the …

A gorgeous mid-pink colour with aromas of strawberry, chocolate, red apple and florals on the expressive nose. The palate is …

Citrus and florals abound on the nose of this approachable and moreish prosecco. The palate is vibrant and well balanced …

A homegrown example with a deeper colour in the glass and intense aromas of ripe apple and honeysuckle on the …

Some positive reductive characteristics are present on the nose amid the heady and rich aromas of brioche and cream. A …

Immediately fresh and bright on the nose with tropical fruit, honeysuckle and green apple aromas. These are also seen on …

Pale in the glass with aromas of ripe apples, lime citrus, white blossoms and honeysuckle flowers on the nose. The …

A lean and focussed example that is slightly subdued on the nose but with lovely aromatics of citrus, apples and …

An understated style that has been well crafted. The nose has subtle notes of biscuit, bread and citrus orange peel. …

Pale colour with aromas of melon and lemon sorbet on the nose. The palate is fresh and clean and boasts …

Pale pink with some copper throughout in the glass with ripe red fruit and crunchy apple aromas on the nose. …

A shimmering gold in the glass with lots of roast and lifted phenolic aromas on the nose. The palate is …

Made with muscat – making this sparkling a rarity – the nose is full of florals, stone fruit and a …

Pale pink in the glass with an abundance of ripe red berry fruits and cranberry aromas on the nose, this …

An attractive pale pink in the glass with lots of aromas of berries and cream set against honey and florals. …

Fresh and expressive on the palate with lots of high-toned apple and pear aromas on the nose. The palate is …

Pale in the glass with lovely bright fruit and hints of honeysuckle on the vibrant palate. Fresh and appealing, the …

White flowers and citrus jump from the glass of this immediately fresh and vibrant example. The palate is punchy and …

Rich and complex on the nose with lemon citrus and spiced pastry-cream aromas. The palate is full bodied and luscious …

Medium colour verging on pale gold in the glass, the nose is rich with nutty mealy characters and citrus pith …

Pale pink tinged with orange in the glass, this rosé Champagne boasts aromas of rose petals, chocolate and summer fruits …

A pale pink-orange, the nose is subtle with aromas of chocolate and red summer fruits with just hints of autolytic …

Pale gold in the glass, its toasty, nutty aroma is backed by creamy fruit that is altogether inviting. The palate …

Medium-gold colour with a highly aromatic nose laden with citrus, pear and stone fruit. A lean style of Champagne, light-bodied …

Pale in colour with lots of toasty creamy brioche and browned apple aromas on the nose and through to the …

Although pale in the glass this is a bright, fruit-driven style of Champagne. The nose is clean with hints of …

A mature style that has lovely nutty, toasty developmental characters on the nose and through the palate. This richness is …

Medium colour in the glass verging on the palest gold. Aromas of apples, cream and biscuit make up a very …

An intriguing copper-gold colour with a rich and evolved nose full of positive development characters alongside apple peel and delicate, …

A beguiling orange-pink colour with a delicate nose of strawberries, honey and biscuit. The palate has wonderful acidity and restrained …

Deeply coloured with wonderful fresh, sweet fruit on the nose and through the palate. The sweetness present works well in …

Medium colour in the glass with very attractive autolytic characters on show, toast and freshly baked bread proving mouth-watering both …

A touch of colour in the glass thanks to time in bottle with buttered toast alongside rich honey and chocolate …

Pale yet bright with an inviting persistent bead in the glass, this example has high-toned fruit, lime citrus and aromas …

Pale in the glass and showing wonderful freshness despite time spent in the bottle. Lovely creamy chardonnay-like notes on the …

Pale with an expressive nose, intense aromas of lemon citrus and jasmine blossoms come through on the nose and the …

Understated but correct in every way, this example has restrained nutty autolytic aromas on the nose with complex sulphides. The …

A pale copper-pink in the glass with pink florals and a creamy strawberry character on the nose and through the …

Pale in the glass with a vibrant mouth-filling mousse, it’s lean and lithe with passionfruit and stone fruit on the …

Pale to the eye with a vibrant bead. Fresh and crisp with attractive stone fruit aromas and some autolytic characters …

Creamy chardonnay aromas with bright grapefruit pith and florals on this attractive nose. The palate is well constructed with great …

Subdued at first, the nose opens up to reveal aromas of white flowers, fresh limes and a hint of sherbet. …

Citrus, stone fruit, apples and pears are layered through the nose of this prosecco with a spiciness that adds interest …

Medium in the glass with creamy, lemony, salty mineral aromas that can make your mouth water before you’ve taken a …

A rich and complex nose with creamy brioche, apple crumble and lovely autolytic characters co-mingling. Holding spectacularly at 10 years …

A very pale gold in the glass with quite a lot happening on the complex nose which has bright lifted …

Yellow with a whisper of gold in the glass and creamy brioche notes on the nose. The palate is mid …

An understated nose with light aromas of citrus fruit and freshly toasted bread. The palate is well weighted and complex …

Pale with a green tint, expressive aromas of pear and green apples come through on the nose. The palate is …

Pale to the eye, yet quite aromatic on the nose with honey, lime, lime flower and green apple characters commingling …

Lemon and honey commingle on the nose and then segue through to the well-balanced palate. While understated, the palate is …

Pale in the glass with a nice floral lift on the nose alongside aromas of apple and lemon citrus. Toasty …

LIght and fresh on the nose with subtle aromas of lemon citrus, crunchy green apple and white blossoms which come …

A well-structured and appealing example that starts pale in the glass with delicate, fresh and clean aromas of white flowers …

Oh so pale in the glass with a nose that is fresh and bright yet understated with lithe lemon citrus …

The pink partner of the prosecco above, this onion-skinned rosé has wistful aromas of strawberry and coconut reminiscent of a …

A polished and understated elegant Champagne. Restrained aromas of white blossom and citrus with subtle fruit and toastiness on the …

A pale copper-pink wine that verges on rose gold, the nose and palate here are resplendent with strawberries, raspberries and …

Lovely lifted aromas of lime, white florals and lime citrus are abundant on the nose. The palate is mediumly weighted …

A bright straw-gold colour with toasty aromas and hints of honey and beeswax. A bigger, bolder Champagne with depth and …

Delightfully luscious aromatics with chocolate, caramel, brioche and browned apples all culminating on the complex and enticing nose. The palate …

Pale colour with lemon and lime and a touch of creaminess on the nose. These characters are mirrored in the …

A quiet, understated example very well made with lovely creaminess and weight on the palate and bright, ripe stone fruit …

An understated sparkling that is pale in the glass with white blossoms, lime citrus and melon on the nose. The …

From a small-scale champagne house, this pinot meunier-dominant Champagne has a lovely fruit-forward lift on the nose with aromas of …

Pale pink in the glass with lifted aromas of fresh melon, raspberry and strawberry. The red summer berries carry through …

An understated style of prosecco that is immediately bright in the glass with aromas of apple, rennet and honeysuckle blossoms. …

Pink in the glass with an orange tinge, this pinot noir pét-nat has gorgeous weighty red fruit characters on the …

Certified organic, this champagne has a heady, plump, doughy aroma on the nose. Similarly, the palate is rich, derived from …

Tropical aromas and lemon citrus on the nose matched with biscuit, browned apples and white blossoms, all of which segue …

The nose is understated with subtle aromas of hazelnuts and white florals which belie the experience on the palate which …

Medium colour in the glass with a fine bead. Fresh and fruit-forward with aromas of citrus and apple on the …

Medium colour in the glass with a persistent bead, clean and rounded with nice fruit character, toastiness, creaminess and decent …

A pale, coppery onion-skin pink in the glass with lots happening on the aromatically complex nose including positive development characteristics …

Pale and bright in the glass with aromas of lemon sorbet and citrus flowers on the nose. The palate is …

Lifted florals, lemon citrus and lime blossom come through on the nose and segue through to the palate alongside almond …

A hazy gold colour in the glass with aromas of green stone fruit, citrus and honey on the nose. The …

A pale yellow-gold in the glass with lots of toasty notes on the nose. The palate is complex and well …

Though subdued the nose, opens up to reveal fresh grapefruit citrus, strawberries and cream all of which segues through to …

It’s pale gold with a copper cast, with a slightly reduced nose alongside rich aromas of strawberries and creamy chocolate. …

A pale gold shimmering in the glass with some positive development characteristics evident on the nose. Lovely berry fruits come …

Pale with a copper hue, this wine has aromas of cherries, citrus and white florals on the nose. The palate …

Pale pink with tints of orange in the glass, aromas of sweet, red summer fruits dipped in chocolate stream through …

Pale in the glass with a fantastically persistent bead, this wine has lovely high-toned autolytic notes alongside gorgeous freshness that …

The palest pink verging on onion skin, with bright fruit aromas evident on the nose and a fine persistent bead …

Aged for an extended time on lees to accentuate the toasty characters present that meld well with the reductive aromas …

A stunning pale pink that borders on the colour of onion skin with aromas of cherries and red apple alongside …

The classic prosecco characteristics abound here – citrus and jasmine blossom in abundance with a ripe golden delicious apple flavour …

The bright gold colour belies the understated style of this Champagne. Restrained aromas of brioche, lemon and orange on the …

A nose of decent intensity with strawberries and cream, white blossoms and citrus sorbet aromas co-mingling on the nose and …

Delightful aromatics, creamy buttered toasted brioche and dried vanilla pods alongside high-toned fruit lead into a similarly complex palate which …

A medium hue in the glass that verges on gold with a complex nose full of development aromas, nuts and …

Fresh lemon sorbet topped with nuts and a drizzle of chocolate sums up the nose on this complex and layered …

Caramelised apples and aromas of freshly baked apple crumble on the nose hint at a complex palate that does not …

Medium colour in the glass with attractive, light toasty aromas of freshly baked bread that lead into a nicely crafted, …

A rich style of Champagne with aromas of nuts and toasted brioche on the nose which also come through on …

Fresh and bright on the nose with a doughy softness and attractive development characteristics. The palate is nutty and with …

Another rich example with dominant autolytic characters complete with spice aromas, these biscuit and brioche characters are brought through onto …

Vibrant and deeply coloured, this rosé is bright and expressive with red berries and delicate florals on the nose which …

Is this New Zealand’s first prosecco from sunny Gisborne? Quite delicious. A fresh, dry style with honey, citrus, grapefruit pith …

Robust and toasty on the nose with aromas of white blossom and lime flower which come through to the full-flavoured …

A mid copper-pink glittering in the glass with restrained aromas of grilled nuts, strawberries and chocolate on the nose and …

The nose is aromatic and crisp with lemon and grapefruit citrus and Granny Smith apples, with subtle toasted brioche alongside. …

A very pale gold in the glass with lovely toasty and nutty autolytic characters on the nose and through the …

Pale in the glass with green-apple and citrus aromas set against a honeyed hokey-pokey vanilla richness. The palate is vivacious …

A rosé so pale it verges on onion skin with expressive aromatics. Plenty of florals on the nose are matched …

A medium colour sparkling wine with simple, yet clean and juicy fruit on the palate set against a light toast, …

Mid pink with lifted strawberry and red berry fruit aromas on the nose. The textured palate is clean and fresh …

Pale in the glass with bright, refreshing citrus fruit on the nose. The palate is nicely weighted with a vibrant …