A vegetarian highlight for the current grilling season, perfect for Pinot Noir Day Barbecue season is in full swing, and for us, a wine from New Zealand has become just as much a part of it as the charcoal in the grill. Grilled Portobello mushrooms with creamy goat cheese and a spicy arugula-walnut pesto are […]
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A summery salad that lets New Zealand Pinot Noir shine, even in hot weather A wine from New Zealand doesn’t have to pair only with hearty stews; especially in the summer, Pinot Noir shows just how versatile it really is. This lukewarm chicken-peach salad with creamy burrata is perfect for that. It combines juicy grilled […]
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Pinot Noir Day: From the Monasteries of Burgundy to New Zealand and Canada
The eventful history of one of the world’s oldest grape varieties On August 18, the wine world will be focused on a single grape variety: Pinot Noir. Whether as an elegant wine from New Zealand’s cool, high-altitude vineyards in Central Otago or as an up-and-coming wine from Canada’s Niagara Peninsula, hardly any red grape variety […]
New Zealand Wine Meets the Sea: Why the Elephant Hill Reserve Chardonnay Takes This Pasta Dish to a Whole New Level Wine from New Zealand and Linguine ai Frutti di Mare—that’s a pairing worth remembering. Linguine ai Frutti di Mare is one of the great dishes of Italian cuisine: fresh seafood, a rich white wine […]
A Fresh Take on New Zealand Wine: Why a Skin-Contact Pinot Gris Takes This Galette to a Whole New Level Wines from New Zealand never cease to surprise—and the Whitehaven ‘Tussocks’ Pinot Gris 2024 is one of those wines you don’t quite expect, but immediately appreciate. It glows a rose-gold hue in the glass, with […]
New Zealand Wine Meets the Mediterranean: Why This Sauvignon Blanc Is the Perfect Pairing for Octopus New Zealand wine and grilled octopus—at first glance, this sounds like an unusual combination, but on the palate it turns out to be one of the most harmonious pairings of the summer. Octopus is one of the most flavorful […]
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Wine & Cheese Day: 6 Pairings You’ve Never Tried Before
July 25: Six Cheeses, Six Overseas Wines—and the Reasoning Behind Them Every year on July 25 is National Wine and Cheese Day—a holiday launched in 2014 by American author and foodie Jace Shoemaker-Galloway. Her idea was simple and compelling: Wine and cheese have been an inseparable pair for millennia—in France, Italy, Spain, and everywhere else […]
Summer by the Sea on Your Plate—Paired with a New Zealand Wine That Brings the Ocean to Your Glass New Zealand wine and grilled mackerel—it sounds like a meeting of two strong personalities who hit it off from the very first bite. Mackerel is a bold fish: rich in oil, intense, with a depth of […]
Thirty seconds. Not a second more. Tataki isn’t a dish for the indecisive. Thirty seconds in a hot pan, then out immediately—a thin, sesame-crusted layer on the outside, cool and raw-pink on the inside. Hesitate, and you lose. Take the plunge, and you’ll be rewarded with the most elegant summer dish, ready on the table […]
Three minutes with a knife, ten minutes of summer Burrata isn’t a dish. It’s a choice for summer. The knife slicing through the watermelon, the prosciutto that melts on your tongue before it even leaves the plate—and the burrata, which you tear open and let its creamy interior spill over everything beneath it. No stove, […]










