{"id":20940,"date":"2015-10-14T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T11:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20940"},"modified":"2015-10-14T14:33:57","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T13:33:57","slug":"tongue-in-groove-wines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/10\/tongue-in-groove-wines\/","title":{"rendered":"New at L&S: Tongue in Groove Wines, New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"

I met Angela Clifford (the ‘Tongue’) in North Canterbury at Easter this year, and fell in love – with this project, with these wacky labels, but above all with the wines.<\/p>\n

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Tongue in Groove Riesling Label<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Angela talked about the effect of the Christchurch earthquake of February 2011, which shocked Christchurch and the surrounding Canterbury area out of its reactionary habit. “Conservatism was replaced by a soft creativity” she told me, “everyone is trying to work out who they are now, and that makes it an interesting place.”<\/p>\n

When we visited, Christchurch was remarkable for the graffiti art, which had even taken over the main art gallery as well as many of the hoardings surrounding damaged buildings and construction sites. You can see a little taste of this here:<\/p>\n\n\t\t