The Good Side of Marlborough.

Although I start almost every Wine Vault TV show with a little rant about Marlborough I have also seen what Marlborough can produce. It is meeting guys like Aaron from Fiasco wines that really changes my perception of the industrial nature of Marlborough.

Aaron, who is also a winemaker at Indevin, makes his own wine under the 'Fiasco' label. Now Fiasco by name but not by nature. Aaron produces just 3 wines. The Sauvignon Blanc is one of the better wines from the rather unfortunate 2008 Vintage.

The Pinot Noir that Fiasco produce was featured on #TweetBunchNZ Twitter wine tasting. The Black Pearl, as it is affectionately known, is full of rich dark fruit with cherry and hint of Strawberry on the nose. This combined with good acidity and palate weight made for an excellent first vintage and great start to Fiasco wines as a winery.

Aaron has really engaged the wine community using such tools as Twitter, Video Blogging, and a normal text blog. All this hard work has started to pay off and providing the next vintage of wines are similar or better Fiasco has a bright wine  making future.

By Jayson Bryant

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