what is with wine influencers posting unicorn wines

Have you ever asked this question? How about should cellar a wine for the time recommended? Will like wine? Will the cork hold ? How do know the cork has worked? Can you wines even from poorer vintages.

I answer these and more.

What is the right? Does situation make a difference? Does the right time make a difference? Does the right food make a difference? I more i also talk about how creating a bespoke specific to your restaurant an easy and very simple way of enhancing enduring your diners have a great and memorable experience. Do you need happy this DM me for a consultation and join others in that bespoke experience through wine and beverages that were made for your food.

Whilst the best Champagne Is hard to beat, the entry level Champagne is just that entry level. High-end Methode from New Zealand and throughout the world is better and cheaper hear me out. Check this and let me know if I have convinced you.

This week I break down all the changes to the Lionel’s Taupo winelist

My Review and analysis of the the NZIWS 2025 with my trophy predictions

You all love this one’s my analysis of the 2025 National wine awards of Aotearoa. We analysis and even predict the category winners for this years awards.

What is the difference between these categories? I simplify and break this down so you know the difference is and can make a more informed decision about your next wine purchase.

Wine of the week 17:30

We have been talking about the top 100 Sommelier list for 2025, but how do we know if the wine list is a good? How do we know if the restaurant has a sommelier? And why is this important? Firstly I believe this is important because if a restaurant cares about the drinks they will undoubtedly care about the food, so the establishment must be good. Here are the things to look out for in my opinion.

The technical issues from last continued this week to the point where the recording software I was using I have got rid of. I need to apologise for the sound quality for the audio version as I had to record it while I was recording the separate video.

What really in this wine there are a lot of falsehoods going around about is added to wines. I go through things that are used in winemaking and what is not.

23:27- finish Wine of the week