Framingham, Dry Riesling, Marlborough, New Zealand, 2007

A fantastic way to enter the new year: yesterday, at my good friend Vasco Mourão's Oporto, Portugal, restaurant Terra we had a spectacular mix blend sushi plus vertical tasting of white New Zealand's Marlbourough, dry Rieslings Framingham; from the tremendous nose of the 2002 to the balanced senses of 2007, what an evolution. 2007 is the very same year that Portuguese winemaker major group Sogrape bought this boutique New World wine company. And it is now delivering it to the world, much to our collective joy.