{"id":6535,"date":"2009-11-02T10:20:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-02T10:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/great-value-kiwi-import-for-al-fresco-dining\/"},"modified":"2009-11-02T10:20:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-02T10:20:00","slug":"great-value-kiwi-import-for-al-fresco-dining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2009\/11\/great-value-kiwi-import-for-al-fresco-dining\/","title":{"rendered":"GREAT VALUE KIWI IMPORT FOR AL FRESCO DINING"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">w\/b 2 Nov 09<\/span><\/p>\n<p>david ellis<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SxD5kaJQpMI\/AAAAAAAAHi8\/NrYTOox5bpg\/s1600\/essenze+Sauvignon+Blanc-765027.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409097556360733890\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SxD5kaJQpMI\/AAAAAAAAHi8\/NrYTOox5bpg\/s320\/essenze+Sauvignon+Blanc-765027.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>NEW Zealand&#8217;s Marlborough region and Sauvignon Blanc have been virtually synonymous for the past 30-something years, and one of the best vintages was this year&#8217;s when vineyards were bathed in sunshine throughout the ripening period and dry and clear conditions carried through to end of harvest.<\/p>\n<p>At Essenze Wines, winemaker Corey Ryan chose fruit from the region&#8217;s Awatere Valley for its steely and racy minerality, and from the Wairau Valley for its intense passionfruit and refined melon-citrus flavours, so creating a beautifully-flavoured 2009 Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc.<\/p>\n<p>This is a beaut summer wine for alfresco dining, and at $18.99 it&#8217;s ideal to match with pan-friend barramundi and salad \u2013 or as personality chef Peter Howard suggested to me, with a Mediterranean char-grilled salad.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SxD5kK3B4tI\/AAAAAAAAHi0\/hlnLlHZyOj4\/s1600\/AL+Cab+Merlot+-764008.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409097552257737426\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/SxD5kK3B4tI\/AAAAAAAAHi0\/hlnLlHZyOj4\/s320\/AL+Cab+Merlot+-764008.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>ONE FOR LUNCH: A couple of really interesting and rewarding reds out of Annie&#8217;s Lane in the Clare Valley in 2008 are a Cabernet Merlot blend and a straight Shiraz.<\/p>\n<p>The Cabernet Merlot is medium-bodied with plum, mulberry, fig and cassis aromas from the Merlot component, leafy characters from the Cabernet and a palate of rich fruit and lingering tannins. At $19.99 a nice one to match with a tangine of duck and green olives.<\/p>\n<p>The 2008 Annie&#8217;s Lane Shiraz is a great wine now with dominant plum and anise and lingering strawberry and raspberry aromas, and a palate of dense fruit, nice oak and chalky tannins \u2013 and its one that will improve beautifully with age.<\/p>\n<p>Pay $19.99 for this as well and don&#8217;t look past enjoying with Osso Bucco, mashed potatoes and braised spinach.<\/p>\n<p>(NEED A FOOD\/DRINK IDEA? Check out\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vintnews.com\/\">http:\/\/www.vintnews.com<\/a> )<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..<\/p>\n<p>PHOTO CAPTIONS:<\/p>\n<p>[] A KIWI to take to an Aussie barramundi lunch<\/p>\n<p>[] ENJOY now with Osso Bucco, or tuck away for a bit more cellaring<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>w\/b 2 Nov 09 david ellisNEW Zealand&#8217;s Marlborough region and Sauvignon Blanc have been virtually synonymous for the past 30-something years, and one of the best vintages was this year&#8217;s when vineyards were bathed in sunshine throughout the ripening period and dry and clear conditions carried through to end of harvest. At Essenze Wines, winemaker [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6535\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}