Triple Win at Sydney International Wine Competition
MEDIA RELEASE
15 November
2011
Yealands Estate Celebrates
Triple Win at Sydney International Wine
Competition
Yealands Estate has won three Blue-Gold Awards at the 2012 Sydney International Wine Competition.
A panel of 13 international judges awarded
the Yealands Estate Pinot Noir Rose 2011 a Blue-Gold Award
and named it in the Top 100 wines, placing it in the top
five percent of all wines tasted.
Yealands Estate Gruner
Veltliner 2011 and Yealands Estate Pinot Noir 2010 were also
awarded Blue-Gold Awards in their categories.
"It's
fantastic to see this recognition for three very different
wines, all grown at our Awatere Valley vineyard,” says
Yealands Estate Chief Winemaker Tamra Washington.
“The judges of this competition assessed wines not only for their technical excellence, but also alongside food matches. The unique flavour profile and minerality in the wines made from our Seaview Vineyard makes them particularly food-friendly.”
The Sydney International Wine Competition is Australia’s top wine competition and is held annually. This year's entries were assessed by a panel of judges from Australia, New Zealand, and the UK, including six Masters of Wine.
Of 2000 entries only the top 200 receive Blue-Gold Awards and only 15 percent of the total number of entries receive recognition.
ENDS
About
Yealands Estate
Yealands Estate is New
Zealand’s leading environmentally sustainable winery based
in the Awatere Valley, Marlborough. Developed by
entrepreneur Peter Yealands, the privately owned winery
features advanced green technology in every aspect of design
and function.
It received
carboNZeroCertTM certification in April
2009 and in doing so was the largest winery in New Zealand
to achieve this status for its organisation and wine
products. The winery and vineyard is also accredited under
Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand.
Yealands Estate
wines launched to great acclaim in August 2008 and have
collected more than 250 awards to date, which goes to show
that being green also means making a great drop.
www.yealands.co.nz