Beverages

AN ARTICLE FROM Advintage

Pinot Noir - a wonderfully versatile wine

At Advintage we’ve always believed that a fundamental hallmark of good wine is if the last glass from a bottle is the one that you enjoy the most. Good wine unfolds as you drink it. New flavours...
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The art of great coffee

Let’s face it, we New Zealanders are a bit boastful of our ‘coffee culture’ – sniffing at the horrors of American coffee chain stores or the slop we find in London. But FoodHub discovered to our...
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Wine with that?

Celia Hay matches wine to her eggs cooking class recipes from Bite Eggs en cocotte With salmon, we often default to chardonnay but sometimes the oak-driven styles take over and dominate the food,...
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Celia Hay

AN ARTICLE FROM Advintage

For the love of Riesling

Whoever was responsible for the 1990’s smear campaign that made Riesling uncool needs to be taught a lesson. Along with the Anything But Chardonnay terrorists, the anti-Riesling brigade have...

AN ARTICLE FROM Advintage

Chardonnay - The King of Dry White Wine

A few years back a clutch of dastardly style mongers started the Anything But Chardonnay (ABC) movement and almost overnight Chardonnay lost its cool. In our view this remains the most serious wine...

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All about Rose

Real men definitely don’t drink rosé. Rosé is only enjoyed by ‘ladies who lunch’ who can’t pronounce sauvignon blanc and think that Viognier is someone who spies on people when they’re undressing....

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Matching food & wine

While you’re busy searching Food Hub for that special recipe to wow your in-laws with, we’re busy searching the world for the best wines deals on the planet. It’s what we do. In fact it’s all...