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All Blacks cook for Italy's Next Top Model and Schubert Wines was glad to have our Pinot Noir "Marion's Vineyard" as part of the event. The All Blacks have been involved in filming a cooking segment for an episode of Italy's Next Top Model at the Grani and Baci Restaurant in Milan Five lucky All Blacks, Ma'a Nonu, Andy Ellis, Andrew Hore, Anthony Boric and Mills Muliaina got to cook with beautiful Italian women, including the show's host and former supermodel Natasha Stefanenko. All Blacks coach Graham Henry played his part in judging the cooking.
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February 2010
Schubert Wines is glad to announce that in Matthew Jukes (UK) and Tyson Stelzer's (AU) classification of New Zealand's top pinot noir wineries, Schubert Wines was awarded three stars and made it into the top 23 of New Zealand's pinot noir producers. The Great New Zealand Pinot Noir Classification 2010 Five Stars Ata Rangi, Felton Road, Mt Difficulty Four Stars Bell Hill, Craggy Range, Dry River, Escarpment, Martinborough Vineyard, Pegagus Bay, Rippon, Peregrine, Pyramid Valley Three Stars Bald Hills, Cloudy Bay, Dog Point, Hinton Estate, Mount Edward, Mountford, Palliser Estate, Schubert Wines, Two Paddocks, Valli, Villa Maria, Wither Hills Two Stars Amisfield, Auntsfield, Chard Farm, Gibbston Valley, Neudorf, Olssens, Quartz Reef, Rockburn, Terravin, Voss, Alan McCorkindale, Envoy, Seresin One Star Alana, Carrick, Foxes Island, Gravitas, Huia, Hunter's, Kumeu River, Lowburn Ferry, Murdoch James, Nautilus, Pisa Range, Spy Valley, Te Kairanga, Blind River, Delta, Gladstone, Jackson, Johner, Julicher, Ma Maison The Third Great New Zealand Pinot Noir Classification was developed by Matthew Jukes and Tyson Stelzer to highlight the importance of New Zealand's finest pinot noirs. The Classification is awarded based on a rolling average rating of the five most recent vintages. |
January 2010
At the recent New Zealand Annual Trade Tasting in London, wine writer Anthony Rose had this to say about the Schubert 2008 Dolce
".....and a stonking, who-would-have-guessed-it müller-thurgau based 2008 Schubert Dolce whose sugar levels must have been so elevated that they didn't register in the catalogue"
To read more from Anthony Rose, click here |
December 2009
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Schubert Wines is glad to announce that two of our wines were selected by wine writer Peter Saunders for his New Zealand Top 100
Schubert 2008 Pinot Noir "Block B" "Delightful wine, gracious in its fruit-sweetness with subtle well textured silkiness. A wine made from Dijon clones, quite intense yet with the gentlemanly disposition of a remarkable fine wine. Grown in the Gladstone sub-region of Wairarapa by a German winemaker with understanding of this variety. Special wine to enjoy over 5 years at least."
Schubert 2006 Cabernet Merlot "An outstanding style from these varieties in territory that we may not have thought was suited to them. Shows what a low-yield regime and some loving care in the winery can produce. Excellent spine, some lovely fruit emerging, helped by nearly four years maturing. Very much a beef or venison wine but any hearty food courses will fit here well. Four more years of very good drinking ahead.
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October 2009
In The World of Fine Wine magazine, Paul White rates Schubert Syrah as one of the top Syrah from New Zealand.
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September 2009
Red fruit/red currant aromas and flavors, extended with lovely gamey undertones alongside cedar and dried herb high notes. Palate is rounded and smooth with excellent concentration, nicely balanced acids to fruit. Well integrated tannins for such a young wine. Impressive wine that's drinking beautifully now, more Margaux like given its florals. I like this sort of lighter, finer linear style, that's more feminine than brutish. Given my experience with similarly styled Hawkes Bay and Martinborough Bordeaux blends my expectations are this wine should easily age a decade or more.
Paul White is an American freelance winewriter, judge and editor with an international focus, currently based in New Zealand. Annually he tastes and assesses thousands of wines from all over the world. Unusually for an American writer, most of his work is published by non-American based publications.
He contributes to Australian Gourmet Traveller WINE, World of Fine Wine, Decanter, WINE, International Wines & Spirits Magazine, Harpers, and Slow Food, along with many other occasional columns. Also nominated 'Best Drinks Writer' World Food Media Awards 2001, 2003, 2005 & 2007 |
July 2009
WEEKEND COLUMNISTS
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Jancis Robinson
June 2009
Vinexpo Bordeaux
With more than 46.000 trade visitors at the biannual VINEXPO in Bordeaux from 135 countries the renowned French wine fair has proven to be another fantastic forum for the international wine scene. Of course Kai Schubert of Schubert Wines was attending the fair as well to deepen the relationships with its importers and distributors around the world. The next alternating Vinexpo event will be in Asia at VINEXPO Asia-Pacific from 25 to 27 May 2010 in Hong Kong. |
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Celso LaPastina from World Wine, Brazil organising the shipment. |
Gerd Rindchen of Rindchens Weinkontor, Germany tasting the Schubert range at Vinexpo |
Decanter magazine presenting some of the recently awarded wines
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Kelly K. Brown of KBC New York, John Belsham of Foxes Island, Blenheim and Michael Carus of Tophi GmbH, Hamburg enjoying the local oysters for lunch |
CH'NG Poh Tiong of The Wine Review, Singapore presenting the Chinese Bordeaux Guide at Vinexpo |
Cédric Steinberg of DURUP Père et fils of Chablis, Thomas Schoettler of Spier Wines, South Afrika, Gerd Rindchen of Rindchen Weinkontor, Hamburg and Michael Carus enjoying Vinexpo. |
Gunnar Tietz, one of Germany’s Leading sommeliers of First Floor Restaurant, Palace Hotel, Berlin and wife joining Kai for a simple BBQ |
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June 2009
Atlantis, The Palm is the flagship resort on The Palm Jumeirah - the first resort to open its doors on Dubai's revolutionary island. The stunning ne Schubert Wines is glad to announce that our wines are available in all of these celebrated restaurants.
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May 2009
WeltWein Festival Bad Ragaz 2009 The Quellenhof was a fantastic Surrounded by the Swiss Alps venue for the festival The WeltWeinFestival Bad Ragaz 2009, the 7th WorldWineFestival in history. Once again more than 2000 enthusiastic visitors attended the Forum and its events in the picturesque canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. 56 invited wineries from 12 countries presented more than 1500 different wines for degustation and some 5000 bottles were opened. Schubert Wines was the only representative from New Zealand and we are glad to announce that our 2007 Pinot Noir “Marion’s Vineyard” was also selected for the Gala-dinner from a selection of only nine wines amongst renowned Châteaux like Château Angelus and Château Beauregard. All expectations were surpassed and in a year with difficult world economic climate the interest in the Festival was exceptional. Next year the festival will take place in Austria again. The WeltWein Festival Palais Coburg Vienna from 14th-17th April 2010 The degustations forum Kai Schubert presenting the Schubert Wines collection. Jay Somers and Erni Loosen The chefs presenting their joint venture Pinot Noir APPASSIONATA For more photos of the WeltWein Festival 2009 click here |
May 2009
It is the 7th annual event of the Welt Wein Festival, taking place in the magnificent town of Bad Ragaz in the canton of St. Gallen.
Besides the opportunity to taste wines from 12 countries around the world, there will also be culinary events with some of Europe's most renowned chefs. For details of the program please click here and for information on invited wineries please click here. |
January 2009
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December 2008
Schubert Wines is proud to announce that our 2006 PINOT NOIR "BLOCK B" was named one of the top wines of the year by Decanter wine magazine in its December 2008 issue.
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November 2008
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September 2008
*****5 STAR RATING FOR 2006 SCHUBERT PINOT NOIR "BLOCK B" IN DECANTER MAGAZINE
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March 2008
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The Palais Coburg in Vienna, Austria, was
Additionally to the three days of tasting some further 21 wine events; degustation and dinners took place underlining the fascination that
Serena Sutcliffe, Master of Wine, and
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the fantastic venue for this years World-Wine Festival which took place from 27th February to the 1st of March 2008. Only 60 wineries from across the globe were invited and Schubert Wines was one of them. More than 2000 guest had the opportunity to taste wines from renown wine estates such as Penfolds, Weingut Dr. Heger, Reichsgraf von 
Kesselstatt,
Schlossgut Diel, Weingut Hermann Dönnhoff, Domäne Schloss Johannisberg, Château Figeac, Château Rauzan-Ségla, Château Canon la Gaffelière, Château La Mondotte, Clos de l\'Oratoire, Domaine des Lambrays, Domaine Faiveley, Château Montus, Domaine René Rostaing, Azienda Agricola Elio Grasso 
, Azienda Agricola Sandrone Luciano, Marchesi de Frescobaldi, Château Musar, Weinlaubenhof Kracher, Weingut Rudi Pichler, Niepoort Vinhos SA, Weinbau Martha und Daniel Gantenbein, Au Bon Climat, Beaux Frères and many others.
fine wine and top cuisine play together. Schubert wines was very 
glad to have our wines participating in several events, one of which was the “Pretiosen aus der Schweiz” held in the Restaurant “Weißen Rauchfangkehrer” 
with Daniel Gantenbein from Switzerland presenting not only Swiss wines but also interesting comparisons from other cool climates of the world.
Another incredible event was the international Pinot Noir tasting led by 
Jim Clendenen from Au Bon Climat, California & Jacob Duijn from Germany. Along with Pinot Noirs from Burgundy, the US, Switzerland, Germany and Austria also New Zealand was represented with the Schubert 2004 Pinot Noir “Block B”.
Bernard Antony, world-famous Maître Fromager from Alsace paired Citeaux, Tomme de Savoie und Pont-L’Eveque and other cheeses with wines from Champagne, dry and fruity whites, Port and Trockenbeerenauslesen as well as some Pinot Noirs including the Schubert 2003 Pinot Noir “Block B”.
February 2008
On “Jancis Robinson.com, fine writing on fine wines” Jancis Robinson reports about a recent New Zealand wine tasting and selects her top 50 wines.
Schubert Wines is glad to announce that our 2006 Pinot Noir “Block B” made the top of her red wine list. Fifty bright stars from New Zealandpublication date: Feb 6, 2008 The following are about 50 interesting New Zealand wines tasted recently. It’s perhaps significant that whites do not seriously outnumber reds nowadays (one more sign of climate change?). Of course there are dozens if not hundreds of labels on perfectly satisfactory and very popular Marlborough Sauvignon but I have noted only those Sauvignons that seem to be a bit out of the ordinary. Look out for my NZ overview in free for all and the Financial Times on Saturday. REDS Schubert, Block B Pinot Noir 2006 Wairarapa 17.5 Drink2008-12 I was very impressed by this offering from Kai Schubert, who studied and worked in Germany, including a stint mit Loosen as well as in Oregon and California. Sweet but not sickly, dense but not chewy, lively with many subtle layers. Should age well. Mainly the Dijon 115 clone apparently. |
January 2007
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David against Goliathby STUART PIGOTT (translated to English by Kai Schubert. Apologies for any mistakes)
That the 1999er "Musigny Grand Cru" of Comte de Vogüé of Chambolle-Musigny in Burgundy (Retailing at 457.20 Euro ; imported by "Wein & Glas", Berlin) made the first ranking probably confirms only what would have been expected. However most surprising was with which wine the Musigny shared this ranking. It was the 2004 Schubert Pinot Noir (called “Block B” in Germany) of Kai Schubert, a vintner who emigrated from Swabia, Germany to Martinborough, New Zealand (Retailing at introductory price of 23,50 Euro available from Rindchen's Weinkontor, www.rindchen.de) as well as the 2004 "Lingenfelder Vineyard" Pinot Noir of Brogan in Healdsburg, California made by Margi Williams-Wierenga in a Garage. Whilst the Schubert by many tasters was thought to be an expensive burgundy because of its raspberry freshness and elegance, on the other hand the Brogan was something special on its own with lovely cherry aromas and great length. Text: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 21.01.2007, Nr. 3 / page 58 To read the original German article please click here |
In blind tastings renowned and established wines and producers
often meet up with unknown newcomers – some people call it
a battle between David and Goliath. Such a blind tasting took place
last Monday (21. January 2007) in Berlin’s Hotel Adlon (
The 2nd part of the tasting was even more exiting. Again the “Burgenland” was
most impressive with a gigantic, but in no way over the top 2004 "Unter
den Terrassen zu Jois" von Umathum of Gols. From Germany the
enormous berry-fruity 2004 "Simonroth R" from Schnaitmann
Estate of Fellbach in Wuertemberg was convincing. WINE DINNER AT THE FIREPLACE GRILL, Bangkok.
After a major refurbishment in 2005, Fireplace Grill at Intercontinental Bangkok offers a unique 40 years of heritage in a stylish contemporary atmosphere.
SCHUBERT WINES of Martinborough, New Zealand had the honour of being the first winery to conduct a wine event at the new Fireplace Grill, destined to maintain its place as one of Bangkok finest dining establishments.
(from left) Dr. Chatchawin Charoen-Rajapark,
Kai Schubert of Schubert Wines, New Zealand |
On May 23, 2006 Fireplace Grill together with BANGKOK FINE WINES organized a Winemakers Dinner featuring a selection of the best wines from SCHUBERT WINES in New Zealand. A superb menu to match the wines was created by the Fireplace Grill’s kitchen team.
Mr. Nick Heath (right), General Manager of InterContinental Bangkok with H.E. Mr. Peter Howard Rider (left), The Ambassador of New Zealand to Thailand Mr. Nick Heath, General Manager of InterContinental Bangkok, hosted the event, while winemaker Mr. Kai Schubert took the"full house" the Schubert wine journey |
Please also read comments in The Bangkok Post and The Nation
March 2006 |
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And the winner is … Rudi Pichler, Wachau, Austria. We congratulate Rudi very much for the great success at the "2006 Wine Awards" held at Schloss Bensberg, Germany on 25th March 2006 for being chosen "Newcomer of the Year", organized by Germany’s WeinGourmet/Feinschmecker magazine (see also: Welt Am Sonntag, Presse Portal and Gourmet Report
For us at Schubert Wines it was a great honour to be nominated and associated with such outstanding wineries and winemakers like the winner, Rudi Pichler, but also the other nominee’s like Laurence Faller of Domaine Weinbach. Schubert Wines would like to thank very much Mrs. Madeleine Jakits, chief editor of WineGourmet and all the judges for our nomination and the chance of participation at this outstanding wine event, the “International Wine Awards 2006.
Comedian Konrad Beikircher presents the Award show
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All nominees on stage
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Kai Schubert was nominated “Newcomer of the Year 2006” by WeinGourmet/Feinschmecker magazine, one of Europe’s most important wine and food publications. Other nominees include renown winemakers such as Laurence Faller of Domaine Weinbach, Alsace; Tim Fröhlich of Weingut Schäfer-Fröhlich, Nahe, Germany; Moreno Petrini of Tenuta di Valgiano, Tuscany; Rudi Pichler of Weingut Rudi Pichler, Wachau as well as Sandra Tavares & Jorge Borges of Wine & Soul, Douro, Portugal. The recipient of the Wine Award 2006 will be announced in the end of March 2006. For further information please visit http://www.der-feinschmecker-club.de/go/311a9802-dd48-9ec7-9f1f5f9e43da4c6e and download this file [046_wineawards_kneu.pdf] |
WORLD EXPO 2005 IN AICHI, JAPAN
ABOVE : The New Zealand Pavilion at World Expo
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We are glad to announce that the Schubert Pinot Noir and Schubert Tribianco were the selected wines to be poured exclusively at the opening ceremony of the New Zealand Pavilion at the World Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan. The opening ceremony was conducted
by the New Zealand Trade Negotiations Minister, the Honourable
Jim Sutton,
at a function in New Zealand’s Pavilion Cloud Bar with
invited Nagoya dignitaries. |
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In April 2005 at a Trade Mission for the New Zealand Food and Beverage sector to Japan led by the New Zealand Minister for Trade Negotiations, Honorable Jim Sutton, Schubert Wines was selected the only winery to represent the New Zealand wine industry. Functions to present New Zealand’s outstanding quality produce were held in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka.
The Honourable Jim Sutton & Kai Schubert |
Mr. Nasu, Owner/Sommelier Restaurant "LE MARTIN PECHEUR" (left) and Mr. NIWA of FUJIMIYA in Nagoya (right) with Kai Schubert (centre) |
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The 2003 Pinot Noir received a GOLD at the AIR NEW ZEALAND WINE AWARDS 2004. For further information, please have a look at http://www.wineshow.co.nz/ |
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GOLD Medal for 2003 SCHUBERT Pinot Noir and SILVER Medal 2003 SCHUBERT Pinot Noir “Marion’s Vineyard” at Le Mondial du Pinot Noir, Sierre, in Switzerland.
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the recently in August 2004 held MONDIAL DU PINOT NOIR competition
in Sierre, Switzerland our 2003 PINOT NOIR received a GOLD medal
(the only GOLD for New Zealand) as well as our PINOT NOIR “MARION’S
VINEYARD” received a SILVER medal. For further information,
please have a look at GOLD Medal for 2001 Schubert Cabernet Sauvignon, Hawkes Bay at VINALIES INTERNATIONALES, PARIS |
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At the recently in February 2004 held VINALIES INTERNATIONALES Wine competition in Paris, France our 2001 CABERNET SAUVIGNON, HAWKES BAY received a GOLD medal (the only GOLD for New Zealand). More than 2200 wines from 35 countries participated. For further information, please have a look at http://www.oenologuesdefrance.fr/ |
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Trophy for 2001 SCHUBERT Cabernet Sauvignon at the AIR NEW ZEALAND WINE AWARDS
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We are glad to announce that our 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon, Hawkes Bay received the Trophy for best Cabernet Sauvignon at the Air New Zealand Wine Awards in November 2003. |
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