Air New Zealand Wine Awards Champion Gewurztraminer
Air New Zealand Wine Awards Champion Gewurztraminer The Air New Zealand Wine Awards is New Zealand’s premier wine competition created to encourage and reward excellence in New Zealand winemaking for the benefit of winemakers and consumers. The competition has been running for over 30 years and this trophy marks the fourth for Spy Valley previously being awarded the Trophy for Gewurztraminer, Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris. Our Gewurztraminer has consistently done well,the 2003 Spy Valley Gewurztraminer won the Air New Zealand Wine Awards Gewurztraminer Trophy back in 2003, 10 vintages on it shows we are still hitting the mark.Said Blair Gibbs, Spy Valley Wines General Manager. This year's competition saw 1,552 wines entered into 16 different classes. The entries were judged by an independent panel of 26 expert wine judges, including two international judges David Brookes and Sebastian Braun. It was a season that really suited Gewurztraminer, with plenty of warmth to pus...