“You will always get one of the world's finest red or white wines from one of the most charismatic couples on planet wine. “ - Stephan Reinhardt There is one name in Switzerland which has long been familiar to wine collectors – Gantenbein. The winery was founded by Martha and Daniel Gantenbein in which they started to plant vines from the land of Martha’s father in 1980. And nowadays, they still manage everything by themselves. There are only a tiny 6 hectares of vineyards, located in the village of Fläsch in the Bündner Herrschaft which is 500 meters above sea level...

Marcel Giesen and Sherwyn Veldhuizen began Bell Hill Vineyard in 1997. They started to plant the vines in a very dense pattern at up to 11,363 vines per hectare on the very steep slopes in the unique vineyard. The quality is unarguably outstanding and Joe Czerwinski from Wine Advocate commented on these beautiful wines after his visit in 2019 and tasted Vintage 2015, saying that “Is there any doubt that Bell Hill has emerged as one of New Zealand's top Pinot Noir producers?”. It emerged to be one of the most sought after wines nowadays as the production is minuscule and are sold by...

A wine that we keep re-stocking whenever it comes available, Kusuda is probably one of the most popular and most Burgundy-like wine from New Zealand. The owner Hiro Kusuda started as a lawyer and later became a diplomat which granted him opportunities to travel the world and opened his eyes to wine. After years of travelling, he decided he wanted to set up his own vineyard in Martinborough, New Zealand. He first went to school in Germany to learn all about winemaking before he took on various jobs at vineyards in New Zealand, Australia as well as in Burgundy to get more hands-on experience....

A benchmark in New Zealand, Cloudy Bay has been the main player in Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir in the country who are able to extract full potential of the grapes and terroir from Marlborough’s region. They started producing Pinot Noir in 1989 which was one of the earliest estates who started producing Pinots. After that, they have acquired some excellent vineyards in Marlborough and are able to produce two Pinot Noirs nowadays. Cloudy Bay Pinot Noir has been regarded as a house style Pinot with classic characters that a great New Zealand Pinot contains, and Te Wahi is in...

I am delighted to offer some rare finds from New Zealand and are considered as one of the top quality Pinot Noir in the southern hemisphere, Bell Hill is located close to Pyramid Valley in Waikari. The climate and slopes are similar to Burgundy, with the soil combined with chalk and limestone. Marcel Giesen and Sherwyn Veldhuizen began the winery in 1997. They started to plant the vines in a very dense pattern at up to 11,363 vines per hectare on the very steep slopes in the unique vineyard. The quality is unarguably outstanding and Joe Czerwinski from Wine Advocate commented on these beautiful...