New Zealand Wine....the Wine of Tiki?

So a good friend of mine "curious" about Tiki Culture (meaning by Christmas he'll be a mug collector) said that he is primarily a wine drinker...and is wine or any wines considered part of the culture? Seeing how Rum is *normally the main alcohol attached to most Tiki Drinks. I said that since New Zealand is considered home to some of the Pacific Rim Cultures and I presume has Tiki Statues on them...that New Zealand wine should count. Any input?

MM

Tell him if he drinks it out of a Moai Mug, then his wine is Tiki!

He could also mix his Mouton Rothschild 50/50 with Shasta Tiki Punch and that would be Tiki as well.

I may be mistaken, but Franzia is also Tiki in some parts of California.

When I was passing through Chile on the way home from Easter Island a few years ago, I found a nice Chilean wine called Miguel Torres Santa Digna. The label (of the 1998 vintage, at least) had a nice painting of some Moai on it. Certainly, if there is Tiki-approved wine to be had, this is it. I aimagine that a careful search of New Zealand will produce a winery with a similarly influenced lable...?

I'd post a pic of the Torres, but there's no time today - I am on my way out the door for my drive to the Hukilau! See you all there!

THIS is tiki wine:

http://www.mauiwine.com/whites.html

Hawaiian Pineapple wine! What's that sound? Is that Weird Uncle I hear screaming in horror in the distance? I bought a bottle of the pinapple wine flavored with Passion Fruit at Cost Plus some time ago. Drinking it plain will give you a cavity, but I made a great drink with it. Can't remember wat it was, but I think it was some of this with a splash of lime, light rum, and Cointreau, shaken and strained. It was tasty! Martiki sez check it out.

Tiki Baron,

Interesting question. Surely, New Zealand is one of the great Tiki Meccas. I had the good fortune of visiting a winery while I was there and I was quite impressed. The tiki spirit was with me as I sipped those fabulous young wines! We were on the North Island and it reminded me very much of the vineyards in Napa and the metro area of Auckland is very similar to Seattle.

I guess if there is a label that has a Maori image on it, that would be considered tiki but to say that New Zealand wine should count because New Zealand has a tiki culture would be like saying that California wine should count for the same reason.

As far as Chile is concerned, they have Pisco which is produced from grapes and one of our favorites comes in a cool bottle shaped in the image of the Moai. I would definitely consider this Tiki and there are some great recipes in the Grog Log that call for it.

So long story short, I would consider New Zealand wine tiki if:

1. It comes in a Maori shaped bottle
   -or
2. If it comes with a label with a tiki on it
   -or
3. If there is drink in the Grog Log or elsewhere that calls for wine (I'm unaware of one but I'm sure someone here will know).
   -or
4. If he can somehow obtain one of those cool Trader Vic's Morgan Stem wine glasses (the Tiki Holy Grail!) and drink his fine New Zealand wine from that (we should all be so lucky!).
   -or
5. Just say f**k it, and pour his wine into his favorite tiki mug and call it a day!

Cheers!

Aloha,

Uncle Arty

IN THE ZEN OF STEN

[ Edited by: stentiki on 2003-06-24 22:39 ]

I don't know about Tiki wine from NZ, but you gotta give props to Cloudy Bay....

Aloha,

Vic

Hawaiian Pineapple wine! What's that sound? Is that Weird Uncle I hear screaming in horror in the distance?

Not yet. I'll poo-poo no wine until I've quaffed a cup. (Make your own joke here!). Really, I'm less snobby about wines than I am about cocktails. Strange, but I guess that's why I remain...

Weird Uncle Tiki

If you drink it out of one of those Morgantown glass tiki goblets (I beleive they are described as 'The holy grail' in the BOT) ...then it would be OK!

Something tells me I'm not going to find them at the Sally Ann anytime soon...

Here is a picture and article about the Pisco Bottle that Stentiki was talking about. I must find me one of those.

http://www.nightclub.com/magazine/February99/beverage.html

And here is a place you can order it.

http://store.yahoo.com/randalls/rws17134.html

Not a bad price ($19.99), but the shipping for one bottle is $11. Hmpf.

littlegiles,

go ahead and order it (c'mon, everybody's doin' it!). it will likely be the only bottle of pisco you will ever purchase. in my humble experience, a little pisco goes a long way...

p.s. the pisco sour is better with lime than it is with lemon.

I also recommend the 'ono maui wine from Tedeschi Winery. Not only is it from the islands, but any wine made from pineapples or passion fruit tastes like sunshine and is full of mana.

Definitely a tiki wine to be served while wearing a plumeria or hibiscus blossom.

This must be the ultimate tiki drink, surely....

http://www.ti-toki.com/

I remember my folks had a dusty bottle sitting in the back of the cocktail cabinet for years - can't say I recall the flavour, but I guess it's what you'd call an acquired taste...

Without a doubt, a tiki elixir served in a most appropriate tiki carafe.

Outstanding post, Tikikiwi.

I'm not too much of a wino but, we stumbled across some Judds Hill that was pretty Tiki to me! Solo a bottle of the Pinot and you'll feel like your in paradise!

On 2004-02-19 20:49, tikikiwi wrote:
http://www.ti-toki.com/

Now, THAT'S a crock!

There are beaucoups of info on TC on obtaining/ordering bottles of the Pisco maui bottle, via "Search".

e.g.:
https://tikicentral.com/viewtopic-new.php?topic=674&forum=5

But now I MUST have a bottle of the Maori Ti-Toki! That is GORgeous. I've emailed the company to ask about shipping to the US. It'll probably be prohibitive.

Er, anyone going to NZ anytime soon??
F

my niece is in n.z. right at this very moment. i asked her to pick me up a bottle -- she said she saw one but didn't want to cart it all over the country in her luggage for a month, so i'm hoping she finds one just before she leaves & doesn't forget. i doubt very much she'd be interested in carting two bottles back (she's studying in australia until july). sorry.

[ Edited by: filslash 2008-09-10 13:57 ]

I just did a web search, and I can't find anyone who sells it anywhere but Australia and New Zealand.

The duty free shop in NZ seels it for NZ $52.50, which comes to US $35.93 for the Tiki bottle, and NZ $22.95 for a plain old non-Tiki bottle (that's US $15.71). ...but you have to pick it up in person at the NZ airport! D'oh!

Bottle is more than double the cost of the booze. Guess they know what people REALLY want.

Here's the link:

http://www.regency.co.nz/shop/Shop/Details.cfm/Uj0xNTYxNDcuNDg0ODg1JlByb2R1Y3RJRD0zMDMxNjc1MzMwOTcDptzkrVhmcnv745x498

I also emailed the guy at the Ti-Toki.com web site to see if he can ship some to USA. Might have to grab a few bottles in time for Oasis...

[ Edited by: tikibars on 2004-02-20 21:00 ]

What a Crock...to have, I'd love one.
Anyway abck to NZ Wine.
There is a Winery.Tohu Wines - New Zealand's first Maori wine exporter. This is owned and run by Maori's and the grapes are grown on land in Gisborne, Marlborough and Nelson, some of New Zealand’s top wine growing regions.
Read the story http://www.nzte.govt.nz/article/0,1973,SectionID%253D11894%2526ContentID%253D5513,00.html and decide for yourself about drinking the wine.

[ Edited by: Benzart on 2004-02-21 20:01 ]

Judds Hill!!! Finger it out People!!!