Twitter Tasting Notes: 9 Jan 09 - 17 June 09 (most recent notes first)
Sorry about the typos - most of these were from my cell phone and I can't spell to save myself.

07 @SalvareEstate Chardy, Ngatarawa Triange HB - Clean and pure, chalky texture, restrained & elegant. Racy! http://twitpic.com/7izcs

08 Greenhough Chard, Nelson - bright acid and fruit, soft oak. Drinks well.

07 Les Volcans Syrah, Languedoc - made by Theo at Crater Rim, pure dark plum fruit ferric bloody tang, soft floral spice. Yay! No oak!

08 Crater Rim Canterbury Rielsing, Waipara - braeburns and peat smoke. Great lemony acid and a hint of sweetness - fucking crazy good.

Crater Rim Fraher Vineyard SB 07, Waipara - mello with wonderful sauvage charicter and a whisp of oak. Passion, funk and finty smoke. V Cool

08 Felton Road Vin Gris, Bannockburn - Dry but v rich w steely minerality. Pear and quince fruit with white pepper & vanilla! #TweetBunchNZ

07 Johner Res PN, Gladstone - punchy fruit and florals; good acid and tannins- quite stunning but lacks length.

05 Zepelin Syrah, Havelock Hills HB - Balsamic and spice on nose. Powerful fruit balanced by clean acid, earth spice and meat. A stunner!!!

07 Johner Cab, Martinborough - bright blackcurrant on the nose with wet earth and dusty dry oak....nice weight, underwhelming & great finish
...07 Johner Cab, Martinborough - sorry folks "underwhelming" in a good way!

08 Fiasco Black Pearl PN, Southern Valleys Marlb - Dark silky plums, florals and spice, Italian licorice. Beautifully young: lithe & supple!

2007 Johner PN , Gladsone - game meats and offal with bright red fruit, mushroom underrtones and a green floral lift. Elegant weight. VG

Johner 07 Noble Syrah - very medicinal and liniment with blackcurrant fruit and botritic richness... orange peel and pepper...

07 Black Estate Chardy, Omihi - flinty nose with bright apricot & lemon fruit and mineral undernotes - needs age E