There are 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, immaculately nurtured, hand tended and hand picked. For the past seven 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 seventeen years ago from where she explores New Zealand’s more than 600 vineyards to bring together a collection of intriguing wines.
The New Zealand Boutique Wines collection represents smaller producers making exquisite wines in limited quantity. It features the estates of Bilancia, Coney, Greenhough, Muddy Water, Mount Cass, Tussock, Waipara Springs and Woollaston and includes Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Gewürtztraminer, Viognier, Rosé, Pinot Noir, Pinotage, and Syrah varieties. Whilst Sauvignon Blanc put New Zealand firmly on the international wine map, it’s the potential for different styles of this grape and other varieties now being produced, that 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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