#1 Woodlands Wilyabrup Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2017 An interesting exercise tasting the 2016 alongside 2017, and while similar, you can certainly see a marked difference between the wines, not only due to an extra year of bottle age....

Rippon is one of Central Otago’s oldest wine-producing estates. Situated on the shore of Lake Wanaka with frankly dazzling views of the South Island’s snow-capped southern Alps, it’s the sort of place you only expect to exist in fairytales. Small wonder that this has become...