5 November 2009Wahoo! An International Award

First commercial wine, first International competition, first international award!

 

Great news for us here at 36 bottles today.  Overnight the results were released for the inaugural Cathay Pacific Hong Kong International Wines and Spirits Competition (IWSC).  Our 36 bottles Pinot Noir 2008 has been awarded a Bronze Medal. 

 

Recognising the strength of the emerging Asian wine market the prestigious London based IWSC (now in its 40th year) created the Hong Kong IWSC.  The Hong Kong IWSC is built around providing Asian markets with a truly Asian competition designed specifically for the tastes and consumption preferences of the Asian market.

 

For our first vintage to be so well received in an Asian focused competition is just fantastic.  We are extremely pleased that our wine was awarded by a top panel of Asia’s most esteemed judges from countries such as China, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan.

 

This result will help us to refine our approach, and evolve our wine style so that our next vintages are also attractive in the Hong Kong and other Asian markets as well as here in New Zealand.

 

At this time we would like to extend our thanks to our great winemaking team, Dan and Sarah-Kate Dineen at Maude Wines; and Tim Kerruish who produced the super fruit needed to make this wine.  Thanks guys, your support is invaluable.

 

Onwards, and upwards!

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