After nearly 100 years of being a hard working writer, I finally got a job that was more fun. The people at Shingle Peak wines emailed me and asked if I would please drink a case of their wine and tell me what I thought, in my own words. What I thought was, HOORAY!
Actually, I met one of my best friends over a bottle or two of Shingle Peak Sauvignon Blanc back in 1992 when I was just getting used to not drinking wine out of a plastic bladder. He was the maitre d' at a restaurant I went to and recommended the wine, then after everyone else went home, sat down and drank it with me. We also did some dancing and a little bit of juggling. After all these years we are still close friends so the review I came up with after being reunited with the same wine was: "Never mind matching it with food, I have just the friend to go with this."
Now Shingle Peak has given me five six-bottle cases of wine to give away to readers who think they might have it in them to review wine without using the words "cheeky", "bouquet", "nose", "gooseberry" or "old man's wart cream".
All you have to do is post - by clicking on the link in pink below - in less than 50 words, which of the Shingle Peak wines you would like to review and why.
You can choose from sauvignon blanc, pinot noir, pinot gris or chardonnay.
I will decide the winning entries on Monday 28 September - so you'll need to check back then to see if yours is one of them and send me your contact details.
Sorry to my overseas readers but the cost of sending our wine further afield means you can't be in the running. And sorry to readers under 18 but you should be locked in your rooms saying your prayers, taking down the hems on all your skirts and doing your homework.
Sarah-Kate Lynch
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Selected WorksFiction
Dolci di Love
When childless Lily Turner finds out her perfect husband has a secret family in Tuscany she goes there to find him and chop him into a thousand tiny pieces – but an underground league of Italian widows hell-bent on mending broken hearts has other plans. On Top Of Everything
Florence Dowling believes rotten things happen in threes so when she loses her job and her husband in the space of a single day, she knows there's worse to come. *US readers see BOOKS page to find out about getting a copy of this book. House of Daughters
US version of The House of Peine. Mathilde, Clementine and Sophie have nothing in common except the champagne that runs in their blood. But is that enough? The House of Peine
Three estranged sisters battle it out among the vineyards of France when they inherit a failing Champagne House. Eating With The Angels
Life turns sour for a high-falutin' restaurant critic when her romantic Venetian honeymoon turns into a nightmare. By Bread Alone
“Witty, charming, faithfully passionate to its subject and emotionally adept. If only this book was a man.” -Sunday Star Times Blessed Are the Cheesemakers
“In the spirit of Chocolat...a tender love story told through the medium of cheese.” -Publishers Weekly Finding Tom Connor
“A cross between Bridget Jones’s Diary and Waking Ned Devine, this is a romantic and rollicking good read.” -Next Magazine Short Stories
Bosom Buddies
A collection of entertaining, powerful & thought-provoking short stories by some of the finest contemporary writers in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Non-Fiction
The Modern Girl’s Guide to Life
A smorgasbord of columns from the New Zealand Woman’s Weekly’s favourite columnist. |
Comments
One dozen Pinot Gris for me and I'll review a Marlborough wine using words like Memories, Family, Picnic and Sunshine. No poncy adjectives for me.....
Nothing like Pinot Noir, the Roundyear Red at dinner or a party.
Not too upset about losing that job, and the spring sun is out now so all I need is the wine, oh and the yacht...any free yachts going?
Since this experience, I scan the aisles of the supermarket for my friend Shingle Peak.
I have progressed from Chardonnay to a Sav and then to pinot noir - yum.
I'm not a lardy-dah wine drinker, I just know what I like.
Nothing quenches better than this golden muse
A word you say to describe this delight?
How can it be, just does not seem right
To describe such flavour is a task for the poet
As for me, I’ll relax and enjoy it
Shingle Peak Pinot Gris for our reviews!
Lovely and tasty and oh sooo good
We’d devour it daily if only we could.
Six bottles of wine in the fridge – what delight
We’d share it with friends from noon until night.
1. Because I want to make my workmates gris with envy?
Oh. I could only think of one. Pinot-bugger.
Perhaps 6 bottles of Shingle Peak would help improve my gris-ativity.