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Wine: Balvonie Prosecco, Marlborough $34.59  

Why I chose it: 
It is the only Kiwi Prosecco I know of 
Prosecco may be the world’s most popular sparkling wine 
100% Glera  
A popular style, everyone loves Prosecco  
A perfect summer wine  
Have a Prosecco tasting and compare it with Australian and Italian Prosecco  

What does it taste like?    

An attractive, creamy sparkling wine with an appealing mellow freshness and restrained mousse. An initial marmite-like yeastiness faded quickly leaving a clean, mouth-cleansing sensation in its place. It could easily be mistaken for an Italian Prosecco.  

Why it’s a bargain:  

It’s not cheap but it is good and certainly worth the price.  

Where can you buy it?  

On the Balvonie website.   

Food Match:  

It's versatile, good with most seafood.  

Will it Keep?  

Drink up.

 

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Wine: Balvonie Prosecco, Marlborough $34.59 &nbsp;
Why I chose it:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>It is the only Kiwi Prosecco I know of&nbsp;</li>
<li>Prosecco may be the world’s most popular sparkling wine&nbsp;</li>
<li>100% Glera &nbsp;</li>
<li>A popular style, everyone loves Prosecco &nbsp;</li>
<li>A perfect summer wine &nbsp;</li>
<li>Have a Prosecco tasting and compare it with Australian and Italian Prosecco &nbsp;</li>
</ul>
What does it taste like? &nbsp; &nbsp;
An attractive, creamy sparkling wine with an appealing mellow freshness and restrained mousse. An initial marmite-like yeastiness faded quickly leaving a clean, mouth-cleansing sensation in its place. It could easily be mistaken for an Italian Prosecco. &nbsp;
Why it’s a bargain: &nbsp;
It’s not cheap but it is good and certainly worth the price. &nbsp;
Where can you buy it? &nbsp;
On the <a href="https://balvonie.nz/">Balvonie website</a>.&nbsp; &nbsp;
Food Match: &nbsp;
It's versatile, good with most seafood.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Will it Keep? &nbsp;
Drink up.
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Bob Campbell: Balvonie Prosecco, Marlborough

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The wine: Elephant Hill Tempranillo Rosé 2025, Hawke's Bay, $29.00  

A distinctive and enticing bouquet, a rosé made from Tempranillo is a rare find in NZ. Scents and flavours of peaches and red apple, a leesy and a clay earth complexity. A delicious wine with a silky-cream mouthfeel, superfine fruit tannins and medium+ acid line and flavours that reflect the bouquet. A very light positive reductive quality adds to the complexity. Lengthy and dry on the finish, an excellent example.  

 

The Food:  

Prawn dumplings steamed then quickly pan-seared with sesame oil. Finished with an oyster and soy sauce. Dress the dish up with some chives and ginger. Rosé wines respond to traditional Asian fare by contrasting the fresh flavours and intense spikes from the sauces especially the sweet and salty soy. Rosé when young should have a crispness and brightness with a racy acidity and generous mid-palate fruit sweetness.  

 

The season:  

The 2025 season in Hawke’s Bay was excellent overall. A warm, dry spring with very good flowering and an early, mostly uninterrupted, start to the growing season. The summer was a little cooler but that did not stop flavour development and ripeness in the fruit. The flavour development and overall ripeness timeline contributed lead to one of the earliest for the region. So far, the wines I have encountered show a vibrancy and freshness, excellent balance and length. 

 

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The wine: Elephant Hill Tempranillo Rosé 2025, Hawke's Bay, $29.00 &nbsp;
A distinctive and enticing bouquet, a rosé made from Tempranillo is a rare find in NZ. Scents and flavours of peaches and red apple, a leesy and a clay earth complexity. A delicious wine with a silky-cream mouthfeel, superfine fruit tannins and medium+ acid line and flavours that reflect the bouquet. A very light positive reductive quality adds to the complexity. Lengthy and dry on the finish, an excellent example. &nbsp;
&nbsp;
The Food: &nbsp;
Prawn dumplings steamed then quickly pan-seared with sesame oil. Finished with an oyster and soy sauce. Dress the dish up with some chives and ginger. Rosé wines respond to traditional Asian fare by contrasting the fresh flavours and intense spikes from the sauces especially the sweet and salty soy. Rosé when young should have a crispness and brightness with a racy acidity and generous mid-palate fruit sweetness. &nbsp;
&nbsp;
The season: &nbsp;
The 2025 season in Hawke’s Bay was excellent overall. A warm, dry spring with very good flowering and an early, mostly uninterrupted, start to the growing season. The summer was a little cooler but that did not stop flavour development and ripeness in the fruit. The flavour development and overall ripeness timeline contributed lead to one of the earliest for the region. So far, the wines I have encountered show a vibrancy and freshness, excellent balance and length.&nbsp;
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Cameron Douglas: Elephant Hill Tempranillo Rosé 2025

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Anthropic is going to have its first profitable Quarter  

Anthropic has told its investors that it will more than double revenue to around $10.9 billion in its second quarter and deliver an operating profit for the first time, according to the Wall Street Journal. But... it says it may not remain profitable throughout the year due to the large compute costs it’s expected to incur. 

It comes as Salesforce reveals its spent $300 million on AI tokens, hasn’t hired a software engineer since Jan 2025, and cut 4000 support staff. So is AI efficiency, or is it a change in spend?  

  

Meta has launched two new apps in two weeks  

Last week they launched Instants, which is designed to be a Snapchat or BeReal style app which has disappearing photos. They can’t be screenshotted and they’re meant to be for things that you don’t want on your story or grid. It’s its own app but is heavily tied to Instagram.  

Then this week they launched Forum – a Reddit competitor. Designed to be a “dedicated space built for deeper discussions, real answers and communities you care about.” It will be more focused on the conversations apparently.  

It seems to be tied in with Facebook groups because what you post will be there too. Seems it’s more of a “new view” on top of the existing infrastructure.  

 

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Anthropic is going to have its first profitable Quarter &nbsp;
Anthropic has told its investors that it will more than double revenue to around $10.9 billion in its second quarter and deliver an operating profit for the first time, according to the Wall Street Journal. But... it says it may not remain profitable throughout the year due to the large compute costs it’s expected to incur.&nbsp;
It comes as Salesforce reveals its spent $300 million on AI tokens, hasn’t hired a software engineer since Jan 2025, and cut 4000 support staff. So is AI efficiency, or is it a change in spend? &nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;
Meta has launched two new apps in two weeks &nbsp;
Last week they launched Instants, which is designed to be a Snapchat or BeReal style app which has disappearing photos. They can’t be screenshotted and they’re meant to be for things that you don’t want on your story or grid. It’s its own app but is heavily tied to Instagram. &nbsp;
Then this week they launched Forum – a Reddit competitor. Designed to be a “dedicated space built for deeper discussions, real answers and communities you care about.” It will be more focused on the conversations apparently. &nbsp;
It seems to be tied in with Facebook groups because what you post will be there too. Seems it’s more of a “new view” on top of the existing infrastructure. &nbsp;
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Paul Stenhouse: Anthropic's set for its first profitable quarter, Meta launches Snapchat, Reddit competitors

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Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed  

Newly divorced mom Paula falls down a rabbit hole of blackmail, murder and youth soccer. Convinced she witnessed a crime, while struggling through a custody battle and an identity crisis, Paula begins her own investigation (Apple TV+). 

 

Kylie

From soap star to superstar, Kylie's career has been full of twists, turns and spinning around — as she candidly reveals in this unfiltered documentary (Netflix). 

 

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Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed &nbsp;
Newly divorced mom Paula falls down a rabbit hole of blackmail, murder and youth soccer. Convinced she witnessed a crime, while struggling through a custody battle and an identity crisis, Paula begins her own investigation (Apple TV+).&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Kylie
From soap star to superstar, Kylie's career has been full of twists, turns and spinning around — as she candidly reveals in this unfiltered documentary (Netflix).&nbsp;
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Karl Puschmann: Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed and Kylie

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Bob Campbell: Balvonie Prosecco, Marlborough

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