To think, 10 years ago, the word 'rose' in New Zealand meant nothing more than a beautiful flower. Fast forward to 2019 and now it’s as much a 'go to' wine style as any Marlborough Sauvignon, and what’s not to love? The only problem with rose is where to start! We thought, why not run a tasting series that's all about rose? So that's just what we've done. Four nights of five star rose tasting.

Night one, we zoom around Southern France and compare the three appellations of Languedoc, Southern Rhone, and Provence. Night two, we explore roses from Europe, Australia and South America. Night three, we taste roses from New Zealand's 2019 vintage. For our fourth and final night, we focus on methode traditional rose and of course Champagne.

Dating back to the middle ages, Gins humble origins were a form of herbal medicine. Over the centuries, this has evolved into one of the largest spirit categories globally. With what seems to be an ever growing list of ingredients and maturation methods, Gin has become one of the most diverse and popular spirits in style. To fully grasp this diversity, we will taste a range of London Dry styles from across Europe, New Zealand and Australia, while having a little fun exploring various mixing options from East Imperial. Tastings will be in a specially designed Gin glass from Riedel, which you can take home afterwards.

This is an in-store tasting so no need to book, just pop on down to the store and try a selection of Marlborough Methode's including; No 1 Family Assemblage, Nautilus Brut and Allan Scott Cecilia between 5.00pm - 7.00pm.

Relative to other wine making regions, Spain is host to some of the most diverse and downright interesting environments, where pushing against the extreme is normality. Be it the often violent Atlantic sea, the generously warm summers along the Mediterranean cost, or the scorching hot summers in the heart of the Iberian Peninsula, early Spanish pioneers had to innovate and adapt their methods in the vineyard and winemaking process to not just defend against these extremes, but to capitalise on it. It is these adaptive techniques and numerous environmental permutations, that have led to our love affair with this great, often overlooked, wine producing country.

To help simplify this country for the everyday wine enthusiast, we often refer to Spain, in six regions: Green Spain, Upper Ebro, Central Spain, Meseta, Mediterranean Coast, and Andalucia. Tonight’s selection will look at white and red wines, across four of these regions.

Castillo Perelada Gran Claustro 2013 (DO Penedes), Pazo De Barrantes Albarino 2015 (DO Rias Baixas), Marques de Murrieta Capellania 2014 (DOCa Rioja), Estones Unic PX 2015 (DO Terra Alta), Quinta Sardonia 2011 (Castilla y leon VT), Teso la Monja Victorino 2007 (DO Toro), and Bodegas Lavia Monastrell 2005 (DO Bullas).

Brought to you by the folk at Master of Ceremonies, head instore today between 5pm and 7pm to try the whole range of PALS!

To think, 10 years ago, the word 'rose' in New Zealand meant nothing more than a beautiful flower. Fast forward to 2019 and now it’s as much a 'go to' wine style as any Marlborough Sauvignon, and what’s not to love? The only problem with rose is where to start! We thought, why not run a tasting series that's all about rose? So that's just what we've done. Four nights of five star rose tasting.

Night one, we zoom around Southern France and compare the three appellations of Languedoc, Southern Rhone, and Provence. Night two, we explore roses from Europe, Australia and South America. Night three, we taste roses from New Zealand's 2019 vintage. For our fourth and final night, we focus on methode traditional rose and of course Champagne.

Part Time Rangers was built on a simple idea - to give back to the beautiful planet we live on. Join us for a free instore of the range between 5.00pm and 7.00pm today!

Nestled between Lake Wanaka and Queenstown, lies the pristine Cardrona Valley. Amongst the surreal alpine scenery is home to New Zealand’s artisan distillery rightfully named; Cardrona Distillery. After a trip over to Scotland, head distiller Desiree Whitakers’ love affair began and eventually Cardrona Distillery was born. Since then their range of artisan spirits have grown to include Whiskey, Gin, and Liqueurs. All produced in small batches, using traditional methods, and with three key ingredients; malted Scottish two-row barley, pure alpine water and yeast! Tonight we have Pat from Cardrona talking us through their story as we sample their Vodka, one Whiskey, two Gin expressions, and three Liqueurs!

Among the recent global explosion, the alchemy aspect of gin distillation has led to the creations of weird and wonderful derivatives. Be it experimental and boundary pushing ingredients, the use of various casks, colours of bright pink and deep purple, or all of the above, there isn’t much the craft gin distillers haven’t tried. Tonight, we dive head first into the wonderland, tasting these creations neat, before mixing recipes recommended by the distillers themselves. This is not a night to miss! PS, yes there will be rose gin styles, a perfect date for Valentines eve.