Simon Waghorn's guest appearances

Simon Waghorn

UK Wine Show

Kevin Ecock's WinePod

Richard Halstead

Wink Lorch

Tim Phillips

Changyu Moser

Scott McWilliam

Richard Bampfield

Gonzalez Byass

Chris Powell

James Murray

Michael Evans

Jermaine Stone

Paul Mason

Steve Smith

Mike Roberts

Xavier Rousset

OwlTail

Astrolabe is one of those wineries. You know the kind! Memorable. Exceptional.  In this podcast we chat with owner/winemaker Simon Waghorn. It's quite the chat! Astrolabe is situated in the Marlborough region on the South Island of New Zealand. The Waghorn family produce wines that reflect their specific origin to an incredable and specific detail. It is just fabulous to taste high quality wines where climate, soils and winemaking are all reflected completely accurately.  New Zealand produces fabulous Sauvignon Blanc wines from Marlborough. But they are not all alike. Indeed, the Astrolabe portfolio shows this to perfection. When I first tasted the Astrolabe Kekerengu Coast Sauvignon Blanc I was quite simply there - with the windy coastline, up on a hillside sitting in a stony vineyard. It's briny background and extreme mineral driven foretaste are as I say, Memorable, Exceptional. O'Briens Wines carry the wine in Ireland.   Wo, I'm getting carried away. This is Simon Waghorn's story, not mine! Let him tell you why soils matter and how the shape of his Island affects rainfall. This is family and this is very good wine.         ------------------------------------------------------------------------ While all restaurants in Ireland were closed until recently many reopened. That was great news - Open Again. Then we heard that they had to close once more - on Chrstmas Eve. Tough times, Tough times indeed. Here's hoping for a more succesful business environment in 2021. We should remember that many of these, including the wonderful Monty's of Kathmandu, are family businesses. They are often small and brilliant and need our support more than ever. Keep Safe and Keep well.  Kevin Ecock's WinePod is brought to us with the assistance of the Santa Rita Wine Room at Monty's of Kathmandu - an excellent place to host your next event or celebration.  Contact Shiva at 01 -6704911 or HERE at the Santa Rita Wine Room web page.

<a href="https://astrolabewines.co.nz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Astrolabe</a> is one of those wineries. You know the kind! Memorable. Exceptional. In this podcast we chat with owner/winemaker Simon Waghorn. It's quite the chat! Astrolabe is situated in the Marlborough region on the South Island of New Zealand. The Waghorn family produce wines that reflect their specific origin to an incredable and specific detail. It is just fabulous to taste high quality wines where climate, soils and winemaking are all reflected completely accurately. New Zealand produces fabulous Sauvignon Blanc wines from Marlborough. But they are not all alike. Indeed, the Astrolabe portfolio shows this to perfection. When I first tasted the Astrolabe Kekerengu Coast Sauvignon Blanc I was quite simply there - with the windy coastline, up on a hillside sitting in a stony vineyard. It's briny background and extreme mineral driven foretaste are as I say, Memorable, Exceptional. O'Briens Wines carry the wine in Ireland.   Wo, I'm getting carried away. This is Simon Waghorn's story, not mine! Let him tell you why soils matter and how the shape of his Island affects rainfall. This is family and this is very good wine.       ------------------------------------------------------------------------ While all restaurants in Ireland were closed until recently many reopened. That was great news - Open Again. Then we heard that they had to close once more - on Chrstmas Eve. Tough times, Tough times indeed. Here's hoping for a more succesful business environment in 2021. We should remember that many of these, including the wonderful Monty's of Kathmandu, are family businesses. They are often small and brilliant and need our support more than ever. Keep Safe and Keep well.  Kevin Ecock's WinePod is brought to us with the assistance of the <a href="https://www.montys.ie/santa-rita-wine-room-montys/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Santa Rita Wine Room at Monty's of Kathmandu</a> - an excellent place to host your next event or celebration. Contact Shiva at 01 -6704911 or <a href="https://www.montys.ie/santa-rita-wine-room-montys/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a> at the Santa Rita Wine Room web page.

Astrolabe in New Zealand: Simon Waghorn' s Extraordinary Wine.

Simon Waghorn is winemaker for Whitehaven and Astrolabe, two top award-winning New Zealand wine brands. We get his views on wine awards and how winnning can help sell wine.

Simon Waghorn on Wine Awards

Simon Waghorn has 20 years experience as a winemaker. In 1995 he began making wine for Whitehaven in Marlborough and now has his own label, Astrolabe. We discover the differences in style between the two brands and the winemakers influence.

Simon Waghorn, Astrolabe and Whitehaven winemaker