{"id":3078,"date":"2010-11-16T12:02:13","date_gmt":"2010-11-16T17:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=3078"},"modified":"2010-11-16T12:02:13","modified_gmt":"2010-11-16T17:02:13","slug":"the-specialist-winegrowers-of-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/16\/the-specialist-winegrowers-of-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"The Specialist Winegrowers of New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you heard about The Specialist Winegrowers of New Zealand? This is a group of six wineries focused on creating \u201cfine wines.\u201d\u00a0 According to their information, \u201cThe Specialist Winegrowers of New Zealand Ltd. Is an independent marketing alliance representing rare and exceptional wines from a small group of artisan producers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In order to be a member of this special group, the artisan winemaker must \u201cspecialize in a single grape variety or style.\u201d The current members are Destiny Bay, The Hay Paddock, No1 Family Estate, Vinoptima Estate, Wooing Tree Vineyard and Fairbourne Estate.<\/p>\n<p>Destiny Bay\u2019s specialty is Bordeaux style blends. The Hay Paddock specializes in Syrah, while No1 Family Estate focuses on Methode Traditionelle. The focus for Fairbourne Estate is Sauvignon Blanc, Vinoptima Estate on Gewurztraminer and the Wooing Tree Vineyard specializes in Pinot Noir.<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking for a high end wine, consider the wines produced by The Specialist Winegrowers of New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!\u00a0 Kathy<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"The Specialist Winegrowers of New Zealand\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=3078\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you heard about The Specialist Winegrowers of New Zealand? This is a group of six wineries focused on creating \u201cfine wines.\u201d\u00a0 According to their information, \u201cThe Specialist Winegrowers of New Zealand Ltd. Is an independent marketing alliance representing rare and exceptional wines from a small group of artisan producers.\u201d In order to be a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[1751,1752,1016,171,157,111],"class_list":["post-3078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-newscommentary","tag-artisan","tag-bordeaux-style","tag-new-zealand","tag-syrah","tag-wineriestasting-rooms","tag-wines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3078"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3081,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3078\/revisions\/3081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}