Brightwater Nelson Riesling 2009 wins Gold and Trophy!

9 October, 2009 – 10:46 am

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Brightwater Vineyards have just won Gold and Trophy at the Liquorland Top 100 for their 2009 Nelson Riesling. This is the second time Brightwater have struck Gold and Trophy with this exceptional reisling.

The 2009 Riesling is a beautiful example of Nelson Riesling at its best. An off dry succulent style with impeccable ripe citrus fruit tastes and excellent balancing acidity. Fantastic value at just $16.99 per bottle. Invest in 6 bottles or more and enjoy the fruits of its youth as well as one each year over the next 3 to 4 years. It will drink exceptionaly well with some bottle age.

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We’re all over the country this weekend, come and visit us!

2 October, 2009 – 3:15 pm

Winesale.co.nz are showing our wines at three venues throughout the country this weekend. Come along and try some wine and say gidday if you can!

We’re at:

The Great Taste Food Show in Whangarei to be held on Saturday between 9 and 5.30 at the Forum North Exhibition Centre

The Waikato Home and Garden Show on all weekend at the Claudelands Event Centre

The Wellington Wedding Show between 10 and 3 at the Overseas Terminal Function Centre

Here we are at the awesome Speakeasy Wine and Food Festival held last weekend in Petone:

Winesale.co.nz at the Speakeasy Wine and Food Festival in Petone

Winesale.co.nz at the Speakeasy Wine and Food Festival in Petone

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Warren Barton Loves Carmenere Too!

2 October, 2009 – 2:14 pm

Check out this nice article from Warren Barton in the Southland Times about his love affair with Chile’s famous Carmenere wine.

Living it up with Carmenere

We are huge fans of this magical, mystical wine here too!

Try two of our best Carmenere wines:

Korta Barrel Selection Carmenere 2005 (mentioned by Warren in the article) Just $14.99 per bottle.
12 months in American and French Oak – this is elegant, fresh and peppery with wonderful complexity added by the Oak. A real bargain!

Curico River Carmenere 2007 Just $9.99
Smooth, peppery and light in the mouth, with good balance and persistence. Brilliant with baked ham, Osso buco, grilled, sautéed, or roasted pork, pork tenderloin, pork ribs, veal chops grilled or sautéed, duck and turkey. A great way to spend ten bucks!

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Five Oaks 2009 Vintage Arrives!

29 September, 2009 – 4:12 pm

The 2008 Five Oaks Sauvignon Blanc proved to be one of the best value Sauvignon Blancs in NZ. It recieved Four Stars from Warren Barton and Joelle Thomson and was one of our best selling wines of all time. It also achieved the highest repeat purchase rate ever on the website. And guess what?

The 2009 Sauvignon Blanc is even better! 

We also have a stunning Five Oaks 2009 Pinot Gris to go with it.

Both these wines are single vineyard wines grown on the Five Oaks Estate vineyard in Upper Moutere and lovingly crafted by Neil Todd – one of Nelson’s best winemakers.

You simply cannot buy single vineyard, estate grown wine of this quality at this price anywhere in New Zealand. Enjoy!

 Five Oaks Nelson 2009 Sauvignon Blanc – $11.99

Five Oaks Nelson 2009 Pinot Gris – $11.99 

 Also try:

Five Oaks Nelson 2007 Chardonnay – $11.99

Five Oaks Nelson 2008 Guwurztraminer 2008 – $11.99

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Triple Trophy and Gold Medal West Brook Chardonnay… last stocks here now!

29 September, 2009 – 3:37 pm

 

West Brook Barrique Fermented Chardonnay 2007 at the New Zealand International Wine Show 2009:

Trophy Champion Wine of the Show
Trophy Best Commercial White Wine
Trophy Best Chardonnay
Gold Medal Chardonnay

We’ve been banging on about this sensational Chardonnay made by one of our key suppliers, West Brook Wines, for months now. So it’s no surprise to us that this brilliant Chardonnay, made by Anthony Ivicevich and awesomely talented winemaker James Rowan, swept all the top awards at the NZ International Wine Show held last week.

But wine consumers being as wine consumers are (you know who you are!) this wine is now going to sell out very fast. We have some of the last stocks in the country so get in quick. Pay just $17.99 for the best wine in New Zealand!

Get your NZIWS Trophy Winner here: http://www.winesale.co.nz/wine-categories/wine-detail.php?wine=2874

Congratulations to Anthony and the team at West Brook wines for this fantastic achievement!

See our complete list of West Brook wines here.

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Latest Tell-A-Friend Winners.

29 September, 2009 – 3:00 pm

Congratulations to all our Tell-A- Friend winners so far who have all won an awesome Sony Cybershot worth $299!

Nulma Winyard from Lower Hutt
Scott Elder from Wellington
Olivia Duncan from Auckland
Rachel Dowse from Palmerston North

There’s still four more cameras to win – so get entering at http://www.winesale.co.nz/tell-a-friend.php
Remember every friend you recommend Winesale.co.nz to is one more entry in the draw.

All the best

The team at Winesale.co.nz

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Congratulations to our first Tell-A-Friend Winners!

22 September, 2009 – 10:31 am

Congratulations to Nulma Winyard and Scott Elder who have both won a fabulous Sony Cybershot DSCS950S camera worth $299 by telling their friends all about Winesale.co.nz on our Tell-A-Friend page.

There are still 6 more cameras to be won. So make sure you enter here. Remember every friend you recommend gives you one entry in the draw.

Good luck!

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How To Buy Alcohol For a Party.

21 September, 2009 – 12:05 pm

Starting to plan a party? Check out this video from Howcast about planning for the amount of alcohol you will need. Hmmmm… we think it might need to be updated for NZ conditions!

If you want some wine advice for a party you are planning call one of our wine advisors on 0508 946372. We can even offer free glass hire in most cities.*

*Some conditions apply.

 

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Tell a Friend & Win a Camera!

16 September, 2009 – 9:37 am

We have a new tell-a-friend promotion! We are giving away 8 Sony Cybershot DSCS950S cameras  – 2 each week for the next 4 weeks.
All you have to do is vist our Tell A Friend page and enter some details of friends who you think would love our awesome service.  Every friend you recommend will get you one entry in the prize draw. We will be drawing one winner out every Friday and Tuesday and announcing the winners in the next days newsletter. Good Luck!

More about the camera:

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Take this fashionable camera with you wherever you go. The Cyber-shot DSCS950 brings you a variety of intelligent features in a compact, easy-to-use design. Face Detection technology automatically detects up to eight faces and optimizes focus and exposure settings while a 4x optical zoom lens and 10.1-megapixel resolution deliver crisp, clear images!

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Don David Cabernet Sauvignon gets Four 1/2 Stars.

18 August, 2009 – 7:30 pm

Don David Argentina 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve

Wellington wine writer Warren Barton has rated the Don David Cabernet Sauvignon at Four 1/2 Stars:

“Consistently one of the better and more sophisticated red wines produced each year under this Argentinian (Michel Torino) label. A generous blend of berries and cherries subtly spiced, shaken with pepper and wrapped in toasty oak. A long, luxuriant finish.” Four 1/2 Stars – Warren Barton

Well deserved praise for this awesome Argentine wine. A bargain at $14.99 and the perfect match for any roast meat dish or big juicy barbecue steak!

Get it while we have it!

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