BY THE GLASS

Big red

he kids at The Hunting Lodge in West Auckland have created a red wine of hootenanny proportions in their Project X Tennessee Red ($36). It’s a Hawke’s Bay merlot malbec blend, first aged in French oak and then transferred to Bourbon barrels – “think Bordeaux chic with chargrilled Southern flavour,” says chief winemaker Pete Turner. This project was also encouraged by Liberty Brewery, who gave The Hunting Lodge a few bourbon