Air New Zealand Wine Awards 2012 Trophy Winners This weekend witnessed Grasshopper Rock 2010 Pinot Noir take the Air New Zealand Wine Awards 2012 ‘Wine of the Show’. After many accolades it’s fitting that this wine should win. The biggest surprise was Matua Single Vineyard Marlborough Chardonnay 2011. This wine, I tipped to possibly wine
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Grasshopper Rock Central Otago Pinot Noir takes top spot at Air New Zealand Wine Awards A Central Otago Pinot Noir has won top honours at this year’s Air New Zealand Wine Awards. The Grasshopper Rock Central Otago Earnscleugh Vineyard Pinot Noir 2010 was awarded the Air New Zealand Champion Wine of the Show Trophy at
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Air NZ Wine Awards 2012 Roundup They roll around quicker every year. But the importance of the Air New Zealand Wine Awards couldn’t be more. In a world where we are simply bombarded with wine shows and gold stickers, the Air NZ Wine Awards gold medals still manage to get some cut through. People understand the
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Air NZ Wine Awards 2012 Gold Medals The announcement of the 2012 Air New Zealand Wine Awards gold medal winners showed just how far the NZ wine industry has come in such a short time. The most surprising aspect of the show was Villa Maria’s dominance in nearly every category. Not just under the Villa
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New Leadership for Grape and Wine Industry New Zealand Winegrowers, the national organisation for the country’s 1,500 grape growers and winemakers, announced today the election of Steve Green as Chair and John Clarke as Deputy Chair. Mr Green is proprietor of Carrick, a boutique Central Otago winery; he succeeds Stuart Smith of Marlborough who has
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