PHIL PARKER’s been auditioning some very individual wines and mixing it up between fine drops from both the Aussies with the Kiwis.
Wine
Autumnal drinking pleasure – what to drink this month
Recommendations for late autumn drinking cheer from our resident wine expert PHIL PARKER. Get stuck in while you can!
Drinking away the lockdown blues
Locked down with a 19-year-old frustrated at being stuck with the oldies, PHIL PARKER can only reach for the delights of his wine cellar.
Akarua Vertical Tasting
PHIL PARKER gets acquainted with Akarua wine in a vertical tasting with a hint of horizontal floor-holding.
What makes this wine great?
The first in a regular series where amateur wine connoisseur PETER GRIFFIN introduces us to some of the wines he loves – and explains what makes them great.
Vertical Take-Off – 12 Years Of Amisfield Pinot Noir
PETER GRIFFIN crowdfunded for a box of wine from Amisfield in Otago and an epic night of winetasting resulted.
Pity The Wine Writer
In his first column for Witchdoctor, wine writer PHIL PARKER promises never to use lines like “touches of leather and a little bit of manure” or “entwined in a tryst with elements of stone and citrus.” Welcome aboard, Phil!
The World’s Worst Wines
STEVEN McMEECHAN loves wine. Too much. And like all imbibers of the magical liquid, he feels a particular disdain when a drop doesn’t go down the right way.