New Zealand’s Villa Maria winery offers a vinous way to celebrate Earth Day (April 22). Having embraced sustainable practices from vine to bottle, Villa Maria is an industry leader in going green. The winery’s sauvignon blancs draw significant attention, but its real star is the temperamental and finicky pinot noir. Typicity is a term used to describe the degree to which a wine reflects the grape’s origins and characteristics, and the ($24) exudes the cherry and spice typicity of this Burgundy varietal.
This article appears in April 2015.
