NZ’s potential for top quality sparkling wine – expert

“I’ve been making sparkling wine for many years, and if I had to make bubbles in just one place, I would make them in New Zealand,” says Dr Tony Jordan. This is praise indeed of the country’s potential given Jordan’s pedigree as one of the world’s leading fashioners of fizz and onetime CEO of Domaine Chandon.
I caught up with Jordan when he was in New Zealand last month to launch his latest sparkling wines, a non-vintage and a rosé made as a joint venture with Central Otago’s Akarua winery.