One Heck of a Red

With all the travelling back and forth to New Zealand that Tara's been making, we've been earnestly searching for a great Pinot Noir that we had recently with our neighbours Stephanie and Adam. And it's been like beating your head against a brick wall, which is an especially painful experience when you're tastebuds are screaming out demanding the sweet satisfaction of this gorgeous wine.


The wine is made by a young winery out of the Central Otago region in NZ. Being young, they are best described as a boutique winery. We were told this is why it is so hard to locate. Well, that's what we were told by those who didn't carry it.

Fortunate for the deprived tastebuds, a retailer was located. And the REAL reason for the difficulty of the search was revealed. Turns out our little bottle of great Pinot Noir was recently voted the Top International Pinot Noir at the International Wine Challenge in London. That's right - we were only searching for The Best Pinot in the WORLD whose vintage had been sold out. That'd be a about right.

Suddenly, the purchase of two bottles doesn't seem enough. Especially with how smoothly the bottle we saved for ourselves went down last night with Stephanie and Adam.

Now the search begins again. So, please let us know if you come across a bottle (or 6) of the 2006 Central Otago Pinot Noir by Wild Earth. We won't blame you if you drink it straight away.