Bob Campbell MW

By William Booth,with wine estate photography by Ayesha Kazim for the Washington PostNot too long ago, if you asked a French bon vivant if they would like a nice glass of British bubbly, they might have laughed, as in, surely you jest.Not any more.

Light and tasty in Cellar Talk Tohu Awatere Valley Pinot Noir 2022, Marlborough, NZD $25 Tohu has vineyards in the Awatere and Moutere, representing Wakatū’s holdings in Marlborough and Nelson. They are (as part of Kono) the only iwi-owned wine producer in the world as its stakeholders are the members of the four iwi who make up Wakatū. Awatere pinot noir is quite distinct, often with a more delicate and herb-tinged perfume from the cooler mesoclimate of the valley.

Buy of the Week NZ in Buys of the Week Toi Toi Syrah 2020, Hawke’s Bay, NZD $23 Toi Toi is the founding winery of Marlborough Wine Limited, which the Joyce family has grown into a multi region-spanning enterprise encompassing Cooper’s Creek, Staete Landt, Mapmaker and a few other private brands often with the word Marlborough in them. The talented Ant Mackenzie helms the winemaking.