Blackenbrook Pinot Blanc Champion Trophy Medal
Nelson’s Blackenbrook Vineyard has won the Champion Trophy Medal for its first vintage of Pinot Blanc at this year’s New Zealand…
Brightwater Vineyards Pinot Noir gets Gold Medal for 12th time
Brightwater Vineyards 2017 Lord Rutherford Pinot Noir has just been awarded a GOLD MEDAL at New Zealand International Wineshow! This is Brightwater Vineyards 12th…
Colin Harrison Memorial Trophy
Each year at the Nelson Winegrowers annual dinner The Colin Harrison Memorial Trophy is presented to the producer of the…
Brightwater Vineyards
Published in the Nelson Mail 01.08.18 Brightwater Vineyards is one of Nelson’s quiet achievers, owners Gary & Valley Neale just…
Wine Shows and Judging
Published in the Nelson Mail 20.06.18 Wine show season is rapidly approaching. The range of competitions that showcase the finest…
Gold medal stickers on bottles & New World Wine Awards – 04.10.17
I am often asked whether or not a gold medal sticker on a bottle of wine really means anything, this…
Gold medal stickers on bottles & New World Wine Awards – 04.10.17
A genuine wine show gold medal also doesn’t mean you will like the wine, as highly respected and experienced wine judge, Jim Harré says, “a medal on a bottle is a measure of the quality, a gold medal means the wine is of extremely high quality and has the undefinable x factor that a group of wine…
Colin Harrison Memorial Trophy & Rimu Grove Wines – Nelson Mail 16.08.17
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of helping judge the Colin Harrison Memorial Trophy for Nelson’s top chardonnay,…
Colin Harrison Memorial Trophy & Rimu Grove Wines – Nelson Mail 16.08.17
Nelson Tasman Chamber of Commerce Aspire Conference and asked attendees to select the wine they liked the most. Not every winery entered a wine in the competition and the wines entered were from three different vintages (2014,2015 and 2016), however the three wines chosen by the judges were a great representation of the outstanding quality…