Looking for a special drop for Christmas dinner? These New Zealand wines were recognised in an American wine critic's top 100 list.
These wines were featured in James Suckling's top 100 wines of 2015 list that he published in November and could make a nice addition to holiday meals.
Ata Rangi vineyard in Martinborough has been rated number five on the top 100 wines by American wine critic James Suckling with its 2013 pinot noir.
The winery said it had to do a double take when it saw the list - "yep NUMBER FIVE" - when the wine critic posted his Top 100 2015 list from some 9000 wines tasted.
Other New Zealand wines to make the list included Neudorf Nelson Moutere Chardonnay 2014 at number 11, Te Mata Hawkes Bay Coleraine 2013 at number 48 and Trinity Hill Hawkes Bay Homage Syrah 2013 at number 69.
