Claire Rogers All about wine www.sunlive.co.nz

Riesling has taken a high priority on my wine favourites list, particularly off-dry style Rieslings. The Margrain 2008 Riesling is a lovely wine. A floral scented tautly structured wine, showing classic Riesling characteristics.

Riesling does not seem to be that popular in New Zealand, but I love it. This Riesling has an attractive green and gold hue, aromas of fresh orange marmalade with a little spicy pear skin added in. A nice gravelly minerality, with a little manuka honey added in.

A lovely fresh, very moreish wine; the few grams of residual sugars – 11 per litre – are hard to spot. Enjoy now or cellar through to 2014 or beyond. With duck season starting on Saturday, it would be a good time to whip up a rich duck liver terrine, spread on crusty bread and topped with flat leafed parsley.

The Weekend Sun has a bottle of 2008 Margrain Riesling to give away to a lucky reader who can tell us how many grams of residual sugars are in every litre of this wine.

Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the Competitions section.
Entrants must be aged 18 years or over. Entries must be received by May 11.