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.

Thanks to our wine community supporters and all the online bidders, our Winter Virtual Live Auction which concluded a week ago was another success. Despite being a virtual auction in the beginning of winter, the enthusiasm among our bidders really "heated up the room”. The global fine...

A year ago, the New Zealand Herald posed the question “Is Now The Time To Invest In Wine?”.  In talking with several wine specialists in New Zealand, including our team at The Wine Auction Room, the answer was a resounding yes. And this answer holds true...

It’s always great to see the faces of our wine community supporters, old or new, in the saleroom at our auctions. Thanks to them and all the other online bidders our Autumn Live Online Auction which concluded a week ago was another success. Highlighted with a couple...

We kick started 2023 with our New Year's Rare and Fine Wine Online auction which concluded last Sunday, in hope our carefully curated collection could bring you some fun to browse over the New Year’s holidays. In this auction, we had a big focus on kiwi...

By Jancis Robinson, OCTOBER 15 2022 One of the most successful wines to have been launched in the past 10 years is made from grapes that travel 30 hours from vineyard to winery, including an overnight ferry journey. The Tolpuddle vineyard is in the Australian island...

 

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