Pinot Noir Wine Review with John Saker

John Saker is returning to Marlborough to taste and gather news for his monthly subscription newsletter Te Whenua.  He would like to feature Marlborough Pinot Noir in the ninth issue (published in June) of Te Whenua and will be here to taste on 16 April 2024. For those who may have missed the Chardonnay tasting John explains his tasting MO: "I taste the wines blind, spending time over each. I don't score the wines but those that really impress me I put aside. These wines will join a category called 'The List' and will be featured in the newsletter with notes on each."  

There is no charge for those wishing to submit wines to the tasting. Should a wine make 'The List', the producer is welcome to use that and the notes for promo purposes, though John requests those who do so be subscribers of Te Whenua. You can subscribe to Te Whenua by going to johnsaker.com.   

Wine Marlborough is assisting John with the tasting, providing a venue and admin support. To that end we are now asking for entries for the April Pinot Noir tasting. The call is for 'current Pinot Noir', with 2019 being the cutoff vintage. Wineries can only submit one vintage of each expression. If a winery has several expressions (eg single vineyard wines etc), one of each can be entered. Please fill in this form to enter wines and then separately fill in the attached delivery template. Samples are due by Friday 12th April.

There is no charge to enter.