There is a band of innovative winemakers who lead the way in New Zealand by exploring different wine styles and varieties from vineyards that are meticulously chosen and immaculately nurtured. For the past ten years, Joyce Austin, owner of New Zealand Boutique Wines, has been bringing to Ireland a collection of these wines from some of New Zealand’s most exciting boutique wine growers. Joyce is a native of Dublin, who moved to Auckland nineteen years ago from where she explores New Zealand’s more than 600 vineyards to bring together a collection of intriguing wines.
The collection represents smaller producers making exquisite wines in limited quantity. It features the estates of GREENHOUGH, BILANCIA, CONEY, GREYSTONE, MUDDY WATER, TUSSOCK, WINGSPAN, WAIPARA SPRINGS, JACK’S CANYON and WOOLLASTON, a collection of over 60 wines now available in Ireland. This includes keenly priced offerings, together with a host of intriguing styles to keep the excitement in New Zealand growing with wines that surprise. Too much of the same thing and we all get bored!
The collection aims to keep the New Zealand experience constantly evolving. It includes our much lauded Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir and offers the widest taste experience of New Zealand in Ireland through the varieties of Riesling, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Gewurtztraminer, Viognier, Rosé, Pinotage and Syrah. Our Sauvignon Blanc put New Zealand firmly on the international wine map, and now, different styles of this grape – from those that are bone dry and richly textured to the classic exhuberant styles; along with the many other varieties now being produced in different regions, are catching the attention of wine writers around the world. This breadth of styles is celebrated in the New Zealand Boutique Wines collection. Read more.
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