Mike Weersing is one of the best winemakers about and his Pyramid Valley tasting takes place this Thursday and there are still some seats available. Click on the icon below to check out the details. Last week we held our blind riesling tasting and the honours were shared between winemakers Hatch Kalberer (Fromm) and Belinda Gould (Muddy Water) and our champion taster on the night was winemaker Kym Rayner of Torlesse Wines in Waipara. Kym makes quality, value-for-money wines sold under both the Omihi Road and Torlesse range. We stock them here and highly recommend them!
Do you want to taste Krug, Dom Perignon, Dom Ruinart Vintage and Veuve Clicquot La Grand Dame Vintage all in a row? Phone me at the shop and I'll tell you how it's done. Also, check out some of the great buys below; Xmas is just around the corner and no Xmas is complete without an array of great wines!
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Rojo Garnacha 2008
Floral, spicy, rich and juicy are the key characters of this bargain Spanish red that has all the ingredients of many others that are double the price. This wine comes from an area of Southern Spain that's renown for some of the world's best wine bargains - even a step up from the previous 'Treble-Gold-Medal-Winning' 2007 vintage. Don't believe me? - then come in and try it because we will have an open bottle in-shop until the end of the week.
Was $18/btl, now RRP is $13.90 due to direct container imports
- your special price is only $12.50/btl - sensational value
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Wow - take off 40%
Dom Perignon Champagne Rose 1995
One of the world's great champagnes. It's rare and RRP is $670/bottle. We are offering it at 40% off at the low price of just $399/bottle. 1995 was also a 4-Star Vintage.
Moet Vintage 1999 at 25% less is now only $89/btl
Veuve Clicquot Rose NV Ice Jacket is 25% less at $99/btl
Moet 'Be Fabulous' Crystalized is 25% less at $82/btl
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Collazzi 2004
The emergence of Super Tuscan wines in recent years has thrown up some magnificent wines in the face of Italian tradition, and this is one of them. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc ripened from low-yielding vines on the hillsides of Tuscany to achieve optimum richness, structure and aromas after a long vinification and 18 months in oak is the basic pedigree of this wine. Add to that the qualities of the 2004 vintage in Tuscany and you have a wine of superior character. The wine is as classy as the label looks.
RRP is $56.00/btl. Your special price this week is only $49.90
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Dancing Water Sauvignon Blanc 2008
This is everything you want from a quality Sauvignon Blanc. It comes from low cropped grapes in the Awatere Valley, is very well made and exudes all the aromatics and texture of a classy savvy. The balance between the searing acidity of passionfruit and lemongrass and the textured, layered tropical fruit flavours produces a long, sustained finish. Highly recommended.
RRPis $24.90/btl. Our special price is only $21.90/btl.
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Gibson Bay Pinot Noir 2006
Pinot Noir is becoming less expensive as time goes by and this one is living proof. We originally stocked it at $23/btl, then $19.90, then with volume $15.90 and now it's on a super special price of just $12.90/btl. Don't even look, you won't find better value-for-money at this price, anywhere. The label isn't flash but the wine is extremely quaffable at this price and with all those summer barbeques just round the corner this is a beauty.
Brilliant value at just $12.90/btl. Case price only $145
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Bellbird Spring Block Eight Sauvignon Blanc 2009
A Sancerre style of savvy that is made from hand-picked whole-bunch pressed grapes, fermented in old oak and then lees aged to achieve amazing texture and length of palate. Guy Porter who made this wine achieved amazing results with his Home Block 2008 white blend and we believe this wine will have similar appeal. The price is up there but you are getting much more for your money than an average tank fermented and bottled savvy. We will have this wine open on Friday and Saturday this week - come in and ask for a taste.
RRP $29.90. Our special price only $26.90/btl
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Joseph Drouhin Cote-de-Nuits-Village 2006
Lovers of French burgundy will go for this wine which shows a harmonius blend of cherry, liquorice and spice. There hints of forest floor and mushroom but the character is more feminine than grunty and the lovely velvety texture is dominant in red berries with good balance and excellent length of finish. Can't help but like this wine for all those reasons and more. Sensuous, to say the least!
RRP is $45.90. Your special price only $40.90/btl
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Opening Hours Hemingway Fine Wines
Mondays/Tuesdays 10.30am to 7.00pm
Wednesday to Saturday 10.00am to 7.00pm
Sunday Closed
Metered and 30min Parking available in Chester Street West (turn right from Durham St Nth or left from Cramner Square)
Shop: Corner Durham St North and Chester St West, Christchurch CBD
Phone: 03 374 3344. Fax: 03 374 3343
Email:
hemingwayfinewines@xtra.co.nz
www.hemingwayfinewines.co.nz
The wine you drink is the wine you deserve
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