Jo Burzynska

New Zealand

Journalist at Freelance

Sound artist, wine writer, multisensory researcher and consultant

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Finalists for Red Wine of the Year New Zealand 2025

2 weeks ago | therealreview.com | Jo Burzynska

Finalists for Red Wine of the Year New Zealand 2025 in Free for all The Real Review is editorially independent. We don’t sell wine. We are free of influence from vested interests such as wine producers and sellers, and proprietors with conflicts. We tell you what we think about reviewed wines, served straight up. Our articles cover topics our writers choose because of genuine interest. We rely on our members to publish The Real Review.
Finalists for Rising Star of the Year New Zealand 2025

2 weeks ago | therealreview.com | Jo Burzynska

Finalists for Rising Star of the Year New Zealand 2025 in Top Wineries The Real Review is editorially independent. We don’t sell wine. We are free of influence from vested interests such as wine producers and sellers, and proprietors with conflicts. We tell you what we think about reviewed wines, served straight up. Our articles cover topics our writers choose because of genuine interest. We rely on our members to publish The Real Review.
Wine and whenua: Meet the NZ winemakers blending Māoritanga with grapes

Dec 24, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | Jo Burzynska

This summer, Viva Premium is revisiting the best and biggest stories of the year. This article was originally published in September. A small but growing group of wineries are blending some valuable Māoritanga into Aotearoa’s wines. Viva’s wine editor Jo Burzynska has a kōrero with Māori winemakers who have elected to embrace the vine.
Picnicking This Summer? These Are The Fresh & Fun Wines To Pack

Dec 11, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | Jo Burzynska

From practical formats for picnics to the freshest styles suited to summer, these cool drops have the warmer months covered, writes wine editor Jo Burzynska. Viva summer wine. Homegrown Prosecco – Balvonie Marlborough Methode Traditionnelle Prosecco 2023, $35Balvonie Marlborough Methode Traditionnelle Prosecco 2023, $35 As Prosecco’s unstoppable popularity continues worldwide, we now have our own expressions.
The Best Sparkling Wines To Pop The Cork On Now, From Champagne To Pet Nats

Nov 19, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | Jo Burzynska

Wine editor Jo Burzynska rounds up the very best sparkling wines for the festive season. From zero dosage to zero alcohol, Grand Marques to grower Champagnes, in Viva’s annual sparkling selection this year, there’s a cornucopia of sparkling wines to choose from for the festive season’s celebrations and gifts.
Wine and whenua: Meet the NZ winemakers blending Māoritanga with grapes

Sep 8, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | Jo Burzynska

A small but growing group of wineries are blending some valuable Māoritanga into Aotearoa’s wines. Viva’s wine editor Jo Burzynska has a kōrero with Māori winemakers who have elected to embrace the vine. Te Pā Positioned between the Wairau River and the Pacific Ocean, Te Pā's home vineyard holds profound significance for Haysley MacDonald (Rangitāne o Wairau, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Rārua).
First Look: Lillies Is Christchurch’s First And Only Truly Urban Winery, Cidery & Restaurant

Aug 8, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | Jo Burzynska

At newly opened cidery, winery and restaurant Lillies, on the fringe of Christchurch’s CBD, wine and cidermakers Liam Kelleher and Will Lyons-Bowman are making sure visitors are drinking and eating good things. “We are very much winemakers moonlighting as restaurateurs here,” says Liam Kelleher, of Lillies, the urban winery, cidery and restaurant he’s recently opened in Christchurch with fellow wine and cidermaker, Will Lyons-Bowman. The duo, however, have pulled things off with aplomb.
7 new-wave French wines to impress at your next dinner party

Jul 11, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | Jo Burzynska

In celebration of Bastille Day on July 14, wine editor Jo Burzynska highlights the French drops to try now, from gamay to ancient picpoul de pinet. As France makes its annual commemoration of the storming of the Bastille on July 14, wine drinkers can celebrate the slow but powerful revolution that has been taking place in its vineyards and wineries.
These are New Zealand’s most dazzling white wines for 2024

Jun 25, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | Jo Burzynska

Love your chardonnay and your albarino and looking for an excellent bottle of locally made white wine to impress at your next dinner party? Wine editor Jo Burzynska has you covered with this compilation of the best white wines in New Zealand, as recognised in Viva’s 2024 NZ Wine Awards. ChardonnayBilancia Trelinnoe Vineyard Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2022, $55One of the single-vineyard sites Bilancia now works with is situated on a terrace of Roy’s Hill.
All The Best Red Wines From Viva’s 2024 NZ Wine Awards

Jun 23, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | Jo Burzynska

From pinot noir to cabernet franc, these are all the best red wines to drink now from Viva’s NZ Wine Awards 2024. Back for its second year, Viva’s Wine Awards are a celebration of excellence in the New Zealand wine-making industry. Blends Man O’ War Ironclad Waiheke & Ponui Island 2021, $55 A bold, firmly structured but refined blend of cabernet franc, merlot, petit verdot and cabernet sauvignon, with concentrated cocoa-dusted black fruit, a touch of toasty oak and a savoury undercurrent.