Recipes to match Pinot Gris

If you couldn't make it to the Royal Easter Show Awards Dinner, you can still try the Asian Crab Tian and match it with our Trophy winning 2009 Eyrie Vineyard Pinot Gris.

The dish was served with pink grapefruit, wasabi peas and tonksatsu sauce.

I found this recipe link, they use English crab, but we have plenty of fresh crab here in New Zealand.

here's the link:http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/515876

Cheers,
Sue

- June 2010

I wish more Pinot Gris would taste like this beauty...

Datacom Trophy for Champion Pinot Gris:

Lake Chalice Eyrie Vineyard Pinot Gris 2009

Read Sam Kim's review:
"I wish more Pinot Gris would taste like this beauty. A gently aromatic and friendly wine showing ripe peach and pear characters with subtle spice notes on the nose. The palate is lush and rounded with gentle sweetness (7 g/l) and beautifully melded acidity. It’s perfectly weighted and ever so charming."

Independent Extensive Reviews featuring New Zealand Wines and Wines of the World

Tasting notes on Sam's home page: http://wineorbit.co.nz/home.html

- March 2010

Trophy for our Pinot Gris

The Falcon flies high at the 2010 Royal Easter Show Wine Awards:

How do you make a 21st birthday celebration more special? Lake Chalice Wine was awarded the perfect birthday present at the Royal Easter Show Wine Awards March 21st 2010 when their 2009 Lake Chalice Eyrie Vineyard Pinot Gris won the Datacom Trophy for best in the class.

Founding owner/director Chris Gambitsis was on hand to receive the trophy saying ‘Lake Chalice has had a lot of success over the years, mainly for our Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay so it is fantastic to get this recognition in such a new and exciting variety as Pinot Gris’.

The Marlborough Wine region has gone from a standing start some 30 short years ago to being recognised as a new world wine style icon, with its celebrated Sauvignon Blanc. Now the region is working hard with varieties like Pinot Gris, Riesling, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir to gain that same recognition.

Photo: Lake Chalice Owner Director Chris ‘Gambo’ Gambitsis (left) celebrating with Vernon Kay of Datacom the Trophy for best Pinot Gris 2010 Royal Easter Wine Awards.

For more information contact:
Phil Binnie 021457895 03 5729327
Chris Gambitsis 021 762482

- March 2010

Great day at the Festival

It was a sunny and warm day in Tauranga for the Gartshores Wine & Food Festival attended by Team Lake Chalice in early December.

Great day, great crowd (2000 plus), great music and fantastic wine. What can you say?

Hit of the day was our Cracklin’ Savie, almost a third of total sales on its own.

- December 2009

Wingspan announces a new chick

How absolutely fabulous is this? Remember Whisper, the morepork that hatched from an egg rescued from a logging site? Well, she's now a mum.

Here's the latest news flash from Debbie at Wingspan Birds of Prey Trust in Rotorua...

"It's been an anxious few days at the Wingspan Maternity annex! Last Wednesday, Whisper's little egg started to pip.

"Whisper has been sitting constantly, a fluff ball of feathers, brooding with glazed eyes. By Thursday we could hear the chick in the egg calling, and then this morning - hey presto, she allowed us a proud moment, lifted herself to reveal her brand new morepork chick!.

"Mother doing well ....Not sure if it's a boy or a girl yet, but we have named it.

"Welcome to the World 'Moon'. Simply stunning!

"(Attached photo - our first glimpse, and first feed - the remnants of egg shell in front of them, with Moon's fluffy white feet holding on to Whisper's talon).

"Wow!"

Wingspan Birds of Prey Trust
P.O. Box 993
1164 Paradise Valley Rd, RD2
Rotorua 3072
Ph/Fax: 07 357 4469
www.wingspan.co.nz

- October 2009

2008 Riesling awarded 5 stars

You know it's time you discovered, or re-discovered Riesling....

Winestate Magazine has awarded our 2008 Falcon Vineyard Riesling 5 stars and 1st equal place in its recent tasting of Australian and NZ Rieslings.

the review reads: "Lake Chalice Falcon Vineyard Marlborough Riesling 2008 (5 stars). Developed and toasty on the citrusy nose, with a long, powerful lemon/lime palate that is still very fresh, has some sweetness and good texture. Well-made wine."

Forget what you know or remember about Riesling from 1970's New Zealand - Riesling has come a long way. or just leave it be, if you think grown-ups only drink Savvy and Chardy, that leaves more for me... Cheers!

- October 2009

2007 Platinum Chardonnay 4 stars

Cuisine magazine May issue rates our 2007 Platinum Chardonnay 4 stars. "Old hands Lake Chalice, with the experienced Matt Thomson calling the winemaking shots, have produced a dense, complete Chardonnay marked by a softish, toasted European quality."

You can order through our secure website, while stocks last.

Cheers!

- May 2009

4 stars shining for our Raptor Sauvignon Blanc

4 stars Cuisine Magazine “Sauvignon Blancs with crunch, like this one, are great accompaniments for summer salads. Zesty citrusy green flavours, with hints of mango, crowd together and grow in the mouth.”
January 2009 issue

- May 2009

Speed pruning guide

With the 2009 vintage now in the capable hands of our team at South Pacific Cellars, it's time for Phil, Ged and the Lake Chalice team to think about dusting off the secateurs and pruning saws.

check out how it's done on our youtube video clip, produced by HiNess Productions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvGp_rlxylE

- April 2009

Flying fearless in Auckland

Watch out for Lake Chalice Wines, flying fearless (but driving safely) on the streets of Auckland.

Unleashed into the joys of Auckland traffic comes the Hancocks delivery van in sparkling Lake Chalice Wines livery.

Call Hancocks Wine & Spirit Merchants free phone 0800 699 463 for trade orders of quality wines and spirits and unleash the falcon!

- November 2008

Double magnum sells for over $900

Rare like the NZ falcon, one of our 3 litre double magnums has surpassed expectations selling for over $900 at auction in Tauranga recently.

This wine is becoming more scarce as Lake Chalice no longer produces a Cabernet Sauvignon ( never say never), this 1998 vintage is a cracker and aging gracefully in its indivudally numbered and labelled bottle.

No date set yet for the opening, further details as they emerge

- July 2008