Quartz Reef Wine / New Zealand / Central Otago / Bendigo / Pinot Noir / Pinot Gris / Methode Traditionnelle

An Austrian in NZ
Posted 13th October, 2009
One of the great pleasures of working in the wine trade is meeting a host of people for whom their sense of adventure as well as a desire to make great wine has taken them far from their native places.
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Quartz Reef featured on
Country Calendar
Episode 21, 30 Aug 2008

Radio NZ review by John Hawkesby, 17th August
“Quartz Reef Non Vintage…..another Central Otago beauty from Rudi Bauer – Real Champagne you have when you are not having Champagne – sophisticated, suave, complex (a bit like myself)...”
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Gourmet Traveller Wine
Pinot Noir 2007 – 95 Points
Ripe dark cherry and plum flavours are evident in this big, warming wine.
Huon Hooke & Bob Campbell MW | More

Quartz Reef Bendigo Estate Pinot Noir 2006 - 96/100
Superb depth and doubled-up richness in this super cuvee from Rudi Bauer.
The Penguin Good Australian Wine Guide 2009 | More

Pinot Noir 2007,

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Wake up and smell the violets in this “essence-of-Central” succulent, ripe expression from Austrian-born but Central Otago-captured winemaker Rudi Bauer
Cuisine Issue 131 November 2008 | More

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Named after New Zealand’s largest quartz deposit that lies beneath the wineries principal vineyards at Bendigo Station, Quartz Reef has become the vessel for what winemaker Rudi Bauer calls - his search to make wines that exhibit “a symphony of flavours” and “capture attention and entertain so that you forget everything else”.

Quartz Reef Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris & Methode Traditionnelle sparkling wine are the very essence of Central Otago with Rudi Bauer’s Austrian heritage exploring the many dimensions of these varieties.

Kiwi winemaker up for prestigious award
Posted 25th Januray, 2010

For the first time ever a Kiwi winemaker is in the running for what has been dubbed the Oscars of the wine world.

Cromwell, Central Otago is as far as you can get from the traditional world of wine in Europe, but one vineyard is impressing them.

Wine guru Oz Clarke checked out Quartz Reed Vineyard and was impressed with what he tasted.

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