Welcome to wine of the week, compiled by wine-writer extraordinaire, Timothy Giles. Timothy will pick a red and a white each week with tasty investment potential.

Informed Investor will be introducing a wine column in our autumn issue, dedicated to understanding wine as an investment opportunity.

Here’s a taster of what you can expect.

Kumeu River Estate Chardonnay $45

Proven performer, internationally celebrated, absurdly under-priced against its global peers. The downside? Small production.

We would recommend any one of their Kumeu-sourced single vineyard wines; Hunting Hill $95, Coddington $75 or Mate’s $100. But current releases are already SOLD OUT!

So, get what you can, their Estate Chardonnay. Sourced from six local vineyards, the wine shows the quality the Brajkovich family have achieved over 80 years of wine growing in Kumeu.

Enjoy it, compare it to competitors from anywhere, and get your order in for their next single vineyard release.

World-class wine at a west Auckland price - kumeuriver.co.nz

Alois Lageder Schiava 2023 $37

The red wine lovers summer go-to. A Schiava (aka Vernatsch), is indigenous Italian grape from Alto Adige in Northern Italy, available in New Zealand and drinking perfectly right now.

Schiava made by Alois Lageder, has heritage, organic and biodynamic credentials, and it’s made for summer lunches or sundowners. You can even do what the cool kids are doing right now and serve it chilled. Enjoy while you consider Italy’s place in your wine collection.

A seriously good wine with a playful nature - poshslosh.co.nz

Timothy Giles has been writing, reading, and sharing his love of wine for thirty years and he brings this experience to Informed Investor to unlock success in the most liquid of markets. Listen to his wine podcast Full of It on all podcast platforms.