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2009 Waipara Hills Central Otago Pinot Noir - Wine of the Week in the Saturday Express

The 2009 Waipara Hills Central Otago Pinot Noir featured as the Wine of the Week in the UK national paper, Saturday Express.

Selected as a wine to enhance the flavours of the featured French recipies our Pinot Noir was descriped as a "very special treat from New Zealand which boasts rich, chocolate tones".

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Aromatic Promise - 2009 Waipara Hills Waipara Gewurztraminer

The 2009 Waipara Hills Waipara Gewurztraminer recieved a fantastic review by Jo Burzynzska in the New Zealand Herald.

"While only a few Waipara wineries make gewuz, the appeal of rare examples like this, with its notes of rose, spice and kitck of quinne, suggest..." Please visit this link to view the full article and review http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10747160

90 Points - 2009 Waipara Hills Central Otago Pinot Noir

The 2009 Waipara Hills Central Otago Pinot Noir was rated 90 points by Mike Frost from the Courier Mail, Brisbane Australia.

"From on of New Zealand's best areas for pinot, this has dark cherry and plum fruit on the nose and palate, with some spice and earthy, savoury characters and..." Download the PDF to read the full review.

Our Marlborough 2010 Sauvignon Blanc keeps on winning

New Zealand's Sauvignon's have always been favourites worldwide, and we have long been known as one of the best places to aquire one from. To prove that, our Waipara Hills 2010 Sauvignon Blanc has captured 5 medals including gold and 2 silvers, and we are sure it wont stop there. It follows our tradition of sav's with a generous palate full of rich tropical fruit combined with nettle and snow pea flavours, providing crisp acidity and a long finish. The awards are shown below, and you can find out more or purchase this wine here.

Gold - New Zealand International Wine Competition 2010
Pure Silver - Air New Zealand Wine Awards 2010
Silver - Wrest Point Royal Hobart International Wine Show 2010
Bronze - IWC International Wine Challenge 2011 (UK)
Commended - Decanter World Wine Awards 2011 (UK)

Our 2009 Central Otago Pinot Noir truely satisfies

The Wine Front, Garry Walsh had this to say about our Central Otago 2009 Pinot Noir after giving it 93pts "Rich cherry fruit, a little like jam, only not so sweet along with spice and some earthy beetroot flavours. It's medium bodied but envelopes you with a big hug of Central Otago generosity tinged with a little bitterness via dried herbs and bitter chocolate. Balanced acidity and alcohol with fine tannin and a long dry finish. Goes long on drinking satisfaction and value. It's the sort of wine you can easily settle in for the nigh with, if you take my meaning."