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                            <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Decanter (Vanilla) in North-island ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Bilancia: The cult winery in search of perfect balance ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ With a vertical tasting of La Collina Syrah... ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Anne Krebiehl MW ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MUS8ueqQ5Jao5pehTcpybJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Decanter’s Dream Destination: Breckenridge Lodge, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Food, wine and relaxation in Hawke's Bay... ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Alicia Miller ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/N2SAZ3aykkdpE52aBYKVrZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ata Rangi: The Pinot Noir pioneer of Martinborough ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Notes and scores for 21 Ata Rangi wines including a Pinot Noir vertical... ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emma Jenkins MW ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rZfikKMAdR3XVz7XTDy3Da-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New Zealand’s Hawke’s Bay named world’s 12th ‘great wine capital’ ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Hawke's Bay is the newest member of the exclusive Great Wine Capitals Network... ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Chris Mercer ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/B8UbqowGdr6gv7v7hJuCym-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New Zealand wine producers begin harvest in the wake of cyclone destruction ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The cyclone hit as growers were gearing up for the 2023 harvest... ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2023 10:11:03 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:11:45 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Martin Green ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Cq8TzQ7KkhWDgpvbZ5nfYb-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[New Zealand, 14 February 2023.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Cyclone Gabrielle in New Zealand]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Terraces: 12 vintages of Esk Valley’s top Hawke’s Bay red ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An exclusive tasting of this premium New Zealand Bordeaux blend… ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2021 08:00:08 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 15:03:37 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Cameron Douglas MS ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/gif" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eXLi8wNoFYUnFJriUTiBoj-1280-80.gif">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Heipipi Vineyard, fruit source of Esk Valley&#039;s premium Bordeaux blend The Terraces.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Terraces-Heipipi Vineyard Esk Valley]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Gimblett Gravels 2018: Assessing the vintage ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ We review the annual selection of 12 Syrahs and Bordeaux blends from this special terroir in New Zealand's Hawke's Bay region ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2020 09:00:09 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 15:03:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tina Gellie ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oeF6YPixPdZk9AagSTfao8-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Gimblett Gravels 2016: Vintage snapshot ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Getting to grips with the 2016 vintage... ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2019 15:14:29 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 15:25:39 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rebecca Gibb MW ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/je5uKJBuSsG7NxiPphUWDC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[90% of vines planted in the Gimblett Gravels district are red varieties.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Gimblett Gravels 2016]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Hawke’s Bay: Beyond Gimblett Gravels ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.decanter.com/premium/hawkes-bay-wines-406401</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Hawke’s Bay: Beyond Gimblett Gravels ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2018 03:00:53 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:11:46 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Oliver Styles ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DiQyB8HS4UgugpTJnD2nAk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A wine lover’s guide to Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.decanter.com/wine-travel/hawkes-bay-travel-guide-wine-lovers-405074</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Where to go and what to do... ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2018 15:00:30 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 15:25:39 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Amanda Barnes MW ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dtTtuGQvtJJA2g84i7EDgR-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Hawke&#039;s Bay Tourism]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Cycling Hawke&#039;s Bay trails]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Cycling-HB-Trails-Water-Ride.jpg]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Te Mata Coleraine: Top wines from 1982 to 2016 ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.decanter.com/premium/best-te-mata-coleraine-wines-402906</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Fifteen of the best from a 32-vintage vertical tasting... ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2018 09:00:25 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:11:44 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Bob Campbell MW ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/r95QQ4hLaC3rSAJx93erLJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Te Mata Coleraine set a new standard in New Zealand.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Te Mata Coleraine wines]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Jefford on Monday: The Gimblett Report ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Jefford on Monday: The Gimblett Report ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2016 00:41:45 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:11:44 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Andrew Jefford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RWMLM8LvphhPgMpFLnjEed-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ International Trophy Chardonnay over £15 – Anthony Joseph Vidal, Legacy Chardonnay, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand 2012 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The judges’ description of the wine is in tune with Vidal winemaker Hugh Crichton’s mission to achieve power and restraint in his wines, alongside concentration, complexity and fine texture. ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New Zealand government to introduce Geographical Indications system ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Wine regions such as Marlborough or Hawke’s Bay could enjoy greater international protection under New Zealand government plans to implement a legal system of Geographical Indications (GIs). ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Richard Woodard ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GKSyQYVQMrBqCkrogSAJxG-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ DWWA 2014 Regional Trophy: New Zealand Red Rhône Varietals over £15 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ This year's Decanter World Wine Awards Regional Trophy for New Zealand Red Rhône Varietals over £15 went to Crossroads, Winemakers Collection Syrah, Gimblett Gravels, Hawke's Bay 2010 (13%) ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2014 16:57:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 15:05:04 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Decanter Staff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NuU2ZhVWPwsiEwS3DETZQd-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Interview: Hugh Crichton, Vidal Estate winemaker ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Watch our exclusive video interview with Hugh Crichton winemaker at Vidal Estate, New Zealand, talking about two of their Syrah wines; the 2009 Legacy Series and the 2010 Reserve Series from the Gimblett Gravels in Hawke's Bay. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2013 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 15:18:52 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Georgie Hindle ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ytx5SLQvGeSzTaLDcscmz9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Hawke’s Bay 2013 vintage the ‘stuff of legends’ ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Winemakers in New Zealand's Hawke's Bay say the 2013 harvest is set to produce a historic vintage. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 17:25:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:11:46 +0000</updated>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Te Mata’s John Buck awarded Order of Merit in New Years Honours list ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ John Buck, chairman of Hawke's Bay winery Te Mata Estate, has been awarded a Companion of New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) for his work in wine and the arts. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 11:55:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:11:47 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Richard Woodard ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hcpEWUfFGmqs6WLJqp5ZKi-1280-80.png">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New Zealand wine producers assess wine loss on stricken ship ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The container ship that ran aground on a reef off New Zealand's North Island last week contained at least 4000 cases of wine. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:28:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:11:46 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rebecca Gibb MW ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9Enahkm2Uw8ZePDucR4xFE-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NZ winery Amor-Bendall goes into liquidation ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A Gisborne winery has become the latest victim of the New Zealand grape glut, going into liquidation owing more than NZ$1.8 million (£911,000). ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rebecca Gibb MW ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aPSwDoixWRPQ7b8gFAsiYQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Stephen Brook in New Zealand – Ata Rangi, Elephant Hill & Craggy Range ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Decanter contributing editor Stephen Brook is travelling in New Zealand and sent us this report from Hawkes Bay ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:08:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:11:44 +0000</updated>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tim Atkin MW on New Zealand Syrah ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Back in 2007, I was one of a number of journalists who attended New Zealand’s first-ever Syrah Symposium, in Hawke’s Bay. It was a bold – some might say vainglorious – undertaking in a country where the grape of the Rhône and Barossa Valleys was still, as the author and Syrah authority Remington Norman put it at the time, ‘at the research and development stage’. But what an impression the Kiwi wines made on us! After sampling wines from the likes of Bilancia, Trinity Hill, Vidal, Passage Rock, Te Mata and Craggy Range, we came away buzzing about Syrah’s potential. ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New Zealand Syrah’s and classic style bordeaux blends ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Francophile JAMES LAWTHER MW may be more used to clarets andRhônes, but when we sent him to New Zealand, he felt right at homeamong the classic-style Bordeaux blends and Syrahs of Hawke’s Bay ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Martinborough: In Focus ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ One of New Zealand’s premier Pinot regions, Martinborough is becoming more accessible as producers introduce less expensive second and third wines, writes BOB CAMPBELL MW�� ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Bob Campbell MW ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hLMPHiHWNdBeMs9VLBLRNY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Hawkes Bay loses third of crop to frost ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A third of New Zealand's Hawkes Bay Chardonnay has been lost due to unseasonably late frosts. ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New Zealand winery produces first Zinfandel ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.decanter.com/wine-news/new-zealand-winery-produces-first-zinfandel-106843</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A Hawkes Bay winery is producing New Zealand's first commercial Zinfandel. ]]>
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                                                                                                                            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Jun 2002 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 15:05:21 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tracey Barker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                        </item>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Hawke’s Bay eye view ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Pinot Noir may have found a home in Martinborough and South Island, but what about Bordeaux varietals? JAMES LAWTHER MW explains that Hawke's Bay is the next great site for Merlot-based blends, and names those on the premium track. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 15:17:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ James Lawther MW ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CvWQ6YnvsvHC4seA8viXdJ-1280-80.jpg">
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