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Gold Medal Winners from the New Zealand International Wine Show October 2023, Apr ’24

Michelle Fraser from Clearview
Michelle Fraser from Clearview

What a brilliant evening! Organised by Wayne and hosted by Michelle Fraser from Clearview, a wine judge in her own right, plus with an extensive knowledge of viticulture and wine making.

Due to illness and holidays, we had only 27 attend the evening, but book your diaries for next year, as this may be repeated with next year’s Gold Medal Winners!

Michelle filled the evening with knowledgeable tips about the different growing regimes, different classes of grapes, the different way grapes are treated/processed, i.e. in stainless steel or oak barrels, skins in or out; plus her sayings that kept us laughing:

  • ABC – Anything But Chardonnay
  • Pinot Gris – Puma wine, younger girls juice
  • Chardonnay – Cougar wine, older women’s juice
  • Gewurztraminer – how to says this: Girls Get Meaner

She gave us updates on what some of the bigger personalities in the Hawkes Bay area are now doing, with Gordon Russell now in retirement, until he decides what his next project will be. However, his daughters are now up and running through their new brand Three Fates.

This was an evening that was full of surprises, and to those of you who couldn’t make it, the below wines that we tasted are available from New World, The Good Wine Company, and other NZ locations.

  • Lindauer Special Reserve Rose NV -Gold Trophy from a female wine maker, Jan DeWitt.
  • 2023 Giesen Estate Riesling – Double Gold Trophy For Champion Riesling
  • 2022 Leefield Station Gewurztraminer -Double Gold Trophy for Champion Gertz this is owned by the same family who own NED wines.
  • 2022 Brancott Estate Letter Series O Chardonnay – Double Gold Trophy for Champion Chardonnay + Champion Wine of the Show again a female wine maker, Laura Kate Morgan
  • 2021 Daisy Rock Reserve Pinot Noir – Gold Medal
  • 2021 Esk Valley Artisanal Hawkes Bay Malbec Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon – Gold Medal sadly Esk Valley is now more, so snap up this one if you like Bordeaux style wines.

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Growers welcome TPP, New World wine awards

Wine growers welcome TPP – Radio NZ, 7 Oct

Philip Gregan, the CEO for NZ Winegrowers said the trade deal agreed yesterday would provide improved access into key TPP markets and a secure rules-based system that would help improve market access. “TPP countries account for about 60 percent of our wine exports at the moment and we face tariffs going into a number of those countries, including the United States, Canada and Japan – and as we understand it, those tariffs are going to be eliminated. So that’s a great deal for NZ wine exporters,” Mr Gregan said.

He said at current volumes, the TPP would be worth at least $10 million a year to wine exporters, and they had great ambitions to export considerably more in the years to come. “Some of our competitor countries such as Australia have had the benefit of free trade agreements going into the United States. This is going to place us on an equal footing with them, which is great.”

The “New World” Wine Awards – 8 Oct

The New World Wine Awards Champion wines are proving to be more popular than ever this year. The Champion Pinot Gris, The Luminary Martinborough Pinot Gris 2014, and the Champion Sparkling Wine, Hunter’s MiruMiruTM NV, are on the brink of selling out just ten days since the awards were announced on 28 September.

:The fact that the Champion Pinot Gris and the Champion Sparkling Wine have been snapped up so quickly reflects the recognition among consumers of the credibility of the New World Wine Awards for identifying top quality wines at affordable prices,” says Jim Harré, chair of the judging panel.

While there might be limited opportunities for consumers to buy the Champion Pinot Gris and the Champion Sparkling Wine given they are close to selling out, the good news is there are lots of other Gold medal wines showcased in New World’s 137 supermarkets nationwide, in the New World Wine Awards 2015 booklet and on the internet.

In order to be eligible for entry to the New World Wine Awards the wines entered must retail for $25 or less and there must be at least 5,000 bottles available for sale.

This year there were 1,309 entries in the New World Wine Awards, including a full range of varietals. The 13-strong independent panel of wine experts who judged the wines using the same internationally recognised points system as all other major wine shows awarded 86 Gold, 236 Silver and 483 Bronze medals.

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Craggy Range wins prestigious global wine award

View of Craggy Range's Giants winery
Craggy Range’s Giants winery

Craggy Range has been named New World Winery of the Year in the Wine Enthusiast’s 2014 Wine Star Awards. Congratulations.

Craggy Range Winery has been awarded one of the globe’s most prestigious wine awards, taking out the New World Winery category in the highly-regarded Wine Enthusiast Magazine’s Wine Star Awards, a remarkable accolade so early in the wine producer’s odyssey.

Craggy Range, founded on the premise of creating a 1,000 year family dynasty, was a finalist in the same category in 2013 which was taken out by Australian Winery, Penfolds. This year Craggy Range was up against producers from Brazil, Canada, South Africa and Chile.

Craggy Range owners Terry and Mary Peabody

Owner Terry Peabody says the Craggy Range team is thrilled by the award.

“The Wine Star award for New World Winery is well earned recognition for the team for the years of hard work and passion that has gone into making Craggy Range what it is today. Back in 1997, we set out with the aim of creating a new world wine legacy that will prevail for 1,000 years, where the wines are inspired by old world styles but nurtured in the finest new world terroir.”

“The award is recognition of the meticulous attention to detail we have given to ensure our wines are never compromised at any step of their journey,” Mr Peabody says. “From bringing on the very best winemaking and viticultural talent through to our choice of planting and the way we manage the vineyards, our stewardship has been unrelenting and conscientious.”

From its founding days, Craggy Range has taken a single vineyard approach to create wines that reflect the terroir of the land producing wine that is unique to the vineyard in which it is grown.

Terry Peabody says 2013 was a particularly special vintage for Craggy Range.

“From the age of the vines, the experience of our winemaking team and the excellent weather, the stars truly aligned in 2013 to create the vintage of a generation. The Wine Star award is proof of that.”

Wine Enthusiast Magazine was founded in 1988 and with 800,000 readers is regarded as the world’s largest periodical devoted exclusively to wine and spirits.

Each year the editors of the magazine honour the individuals and companies that have made outstanding achievements in the wine and beverage world.

The winners are announced in the special December 31 Wine Star Awards issue (out December 1), and the honorees are presented their trophies at a gala black tie dinner in New York City on January 26, 2015.

Read more about the Wine Enthusiast’s 2014 Wine Star Award Winner.

Note: The Cellar Club committee has arranged for Craggy Range to present to the club in September 2015.

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