Our fellow wine lovers, An introduction is needed here. My name is Michael Mebus. I am the new General manager of Winesale.co.nz. Amongst my many tasks, I have to find you the best wine deals available from New Zealand as well as from overseas and besides that to be informative. So this is my first [...]
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 [...]
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) [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
18 August, 2009 – 7:30 pm
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 [...]