Wine Orbit Wine Review by Sam Kim
In March 2020, we were thrilled to receive six 5-star reviews from Sam Kim of Wine Orbit. Sam is now widely regarded as the new Raymond Chan of New Zealand wine reviewers and you know how highly Raymond was regarded!
With Sam's permission, we reproduce his reviews below. Enj...
All that Glitters is Gold (Awards!)
May 25, 2017
Caroline's 2015 Pinot Noir wins Gold!
When you enter a wine in a competition as prestigious as the International Wine Challenge in London, you enter with trepidation and hope that the people 'in the know' will like it, but also realistic about the plethora of amazing wines that are entered.
Even though our 2015...
Our Gewurztraminer is #1!!
January 26, 2017
Bob Campbell MW reviews our 2015 Gerwuztraminer
Bob Campbell review our 2015 Gewurz and it came back as his favourite!! We are thrilled at this review and think everyone will love this wine.
'This is the first release of a gewürztraminer from Ostler. An impressively concentrated wine with restrained rose petal, ginger, ...
2011 Caroline's Pinot Noir in Top 6!!
January 19, 2017
Caroline's 2011 Review by James Goode
In the first week of January 2017, we received the exciting news that Ostler Caroline's Pinot Noir 2011 has been placed in the top 6 wines of New Zealand for 2016. Jamie Goode is a London-based winewriter who is currently a wine columnist with UK national newspaper The Sunda...