More tea vicar? Taste testing the wine industry’s New Age preservative
Anyone who has been drinking wine for 30 years or more will remember when organic wine was a curiosity made by hippies on 10-acre lifestyle blocks that you suspected might also conceal modest cannabis plantations. Now it is de rigueur for wine companies to have at least […]
Kiwi winery world-first to use green tea as natural wine preservative…
Award-winning Kiwi winery Loveblock is leading the charge in wine innovation with a Sauvignon Blanc that is thought to be the first in the world to use green tea as a natural preservative in replacement of sulphur.
Instead of sulphur – the traditional preservative used in wine […]
Thirst Quencher – Wine Not
Kiwis are an innovative bunch, especially in the wine industry.
Already an award-winning winery, Loveblock is now leading the charge with their new 2019 TEE Sauvignon Blanc that is thought to be the first in the world to use green tea as a natural preservative in replacement of sulphur.
Added at each stage […]
This local winery is using green tea extract to make its organic wines
In a bid to keep sulphur and other additives out of wine, green tea leaf extract is being used as a natural alternative by this Marlborough vineyard.
Loveblock founder Erica Crawford has developed their latest Sauvignon Blanc with green tea extract, believed to be […]
Winery uses green tea as natural wine preservative
When husband and wife winemaking duo Erica and Kim saw green tea was a New Zealand registered wine additive, the pair had to give it a go.
Loveblock founder Erica Crawford is from South Africa, and was inspired by similar practices from her home country, where winemakers had replaced […]
From Here You Can Almost See the End of the Planet…
I am Erica, one half of a duo dedicated to Loveblock.
Back in 2004, this was a wild piece of land, untamed and hidden from the world. We, Kim and I, have both been working in the wine industry for most of our lives and wondered […]
Loveblock Wines using green tea as a natural preservative
If a sulphite free, vegan friendly and organic wine is what you’ve been after, then some Kiwi innovation in the wine sector could be your cup of tea.
The award winning Loveblock Wines has designed and launched what is believed to be a world first – using green […]
Spotlight On: Loveblock’s Erica Crawford
“The South Africa-born New Zealand wine star talks about wine’s life lessons, experimenting with orange wine, the origin of Someone’s Darling vineyard, and her first sip of wine—a sparkling “perry” known as Babycham.”
Watch the video here.
Wine Spectator (May 2020)
Love Leads at Loveblock Winery in New Zealand
“Going organic is a choice, and for us, feels like the right thing to do. Our intention is to nurture the ecosystem of the soil and the vines and give back to its roots as naturally as possible. Ultimately, I believe the resulting wine is better and truer […]
Women in Wine Vol. 24 – Erica Crawford
“ON A CHILLY MONDAY NIGHT
I headed over to Claw Daddy’s in the Lower East Side to meet up with one of the most influential women in the world of wine, Erica Crawford. Yes that Crawford, the co creator of Kim Crawford wines. While Erica is not with KC […]
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