The Local Nose Blog
TLN flys high with OpenRice.com and Singapore Flyer!
Posted by: singaporenose on Jul 01, 2010
TLN was flying around in the Singapore Flyer last night sipping a great recommended wine and dining with a new foodie website OpenRice.com!
Wine Style, Hong Kong. Wine Grand Prix – 7th Challenge
The Best of New Zealand – Sauvignon Blanc
Wine Style Presents – Monthly Blind Tasting Challenge
Misha’s Vineyard 2009 “The Starlet” Sauvignon Blanc selected in top 10.
Joelle Thomson, DrinksBiz Magazine, June 2010
DrinksBiz Editor Joelle Thomson followed vintage 2010 around the country, concluding that less is definately more in a year when the local wine industry is struggling with over-supply.
Foodie, New Zealand, 22 June 2010
First Reserve Ready for Tri Nations Team.
Misha’s Vineyard has released their first Reserve Pinot Noir produced during an exceptional 2008 vintage in Central Otago.
Graham Hawkes, Wine Technology, New Zealand, June-July 2010
Wines in NZ, Australia, Aisa – and beyond
Andy and Misha Wilkinson are taking the recession and the wine glut head on, with a marketing programme that has seen them targeting the US, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia. And to prove that wine markets all around the world are showing promise for New Zealand and Misha’s Vineyards, the Wilkinsons have sent their first shipment to South Korea.
Kiwi Breeze, 18th May 2010
Japanese wine website – “spreading New Zealand wine to the world“
ニュージーランドワインを世界に広めたい。
2010年5月18日
Japanese web-site Kiwi Breeze – dedicated to spreading the word on New Zealand wines – interviews Misha Wilkinson and Olly Masters and presents a profile of Misha’s vineyard.
Alex Lai, The Standard, Hong Kong, Friday, June 11, 2010
Reign of Terroir
Pinot Noir is very much terroir sensitive. Some say the grape flourishes best in Burgundy, but other parts of the world are capable of producing top-class pinots. Two examples came to light recently when Misha’s Vineyard from New Zealand and Merry Edwards from California presented their pinots in Hong Kong. Read more →
Alex Cheung, Esquire magazine, Hong Kong, April 2010
Gold Coin Turns the Grape to be Real Gold.
New Zealand wines have become more popular here in Hong Kong nowadays and they never disappoint me. I have tasted the wines from Misha’s Vineyard last week and had the chance to meet Misha in person. She shared with us the story behind running her own vineyard, and this splendid story enriches the overall quality and impression of the brand.
Warren Barton, The Southland Times, 22 May 2010
Not much to dislike about ‘boring’ pinot gris
Let me first declare my position. I’m with British wine writer and Master of wine Tim Atkin who told delegates to the Fine Wine 1010 conference in Spain that pinot grigio/gris epitomises wines that are becoming increasingly industrialised, homogenised and boring.
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MindFood, May 2010
Wines from Misha’s Vineyard in Central Otago, New Zealand, are making their way to the south-eastern states of Australia. Based in Asia for many years, owners Andy and Misha Wilkinson set up shop in Central Otago in November 2008, as they believed it was the best place in the world to grow cool-c limate grapes and most particularly pinot noir – the ‘holy grail’ of grapes. The brand has garnered accolades since its trial 2007 pinot noir, aptly named The Audition