Our Wine Journal

Our musings about the notable and newsworthy.

Every day we meet great people and extraordinary product.

From time to time we reflect these experiences in our Wine Journal to share with you. In doing so, we hope to develop a library of useful information that can benefit anyone who wishes to explore the mystical world of wine with us.

Like you, we have a love of wine. Our work in the wine industry for over 30 years has credited us with the title “Wine Maven”. We’ve grown grapes, sold prestige brands, heaved barrels and lugged cases. Each day is fuelled by our passion for wine,...

It was with great surprise when I turned up for work after the Christmas break at the beginning of the year to find out that Mossgreen-Webbs was no more. Mossgreen-Webbs New Zealand had a great year especially within the Rare and Fine Wine department. I...

Since our last auction sequence we have had only one online auction at Mossgreen-Webbs in New Zealand. The online auction is relatively new for us but as our buyers get used to this format, these auctions are gaining real momentum. Te Mata Coleraine, recently described by...

2017 brings with it a number of changes for the Mossgreen-Webb’s Fine & Rare Wine department that we are very excited about. After the extremely successful Saggio di Vino single-vendor auction in September last year, we have been contacted by owners of private cellars that...

Since our last report Mossgreen-Webb’s has had three auctions – two of which have been single vendor cellars. The single vendor auctions are certainly proving to be very popular with our buyers due to provenance and the stories behind the cellar. This has brought many...

 

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