Hawke’s Bay wine awarded Champion Wine of Show

Hawke’s Bay wine awarded Champion Wine of Show
 

Chardonnay has taken top honour at this year’s Romeo Bragato Wine Awards, winning the prestigious Bragato Trophy for Champion Wine of Show.

Michael and Deb Hewitt of Hawke’s Bay produced the winning Doc’s Block Chardonnay 2006 was awarded the Bill Irwin Trophy for Chardonnay before going on to win the Bragato Trophy for Champion Wine of Show.

The winning Doc’s Block Chardonnay 2006 was produced in the Hawke’s Bay, which Chairman of judges, Larry McKenna, believes is a powerhouse of North Island wine.

“The Hawke’s Bay region is a driving force in North Island wine production and it’s fitting that the champion wine comes from this region,” he said.

With a strong presence at this year’s awards, the Nelson region was awarded four trophies including Champion Dessert Wine, Champion Gewurztraminer, Champion Pinot Gris, and Champion Sauvignon Blanc.

The 12 champion awards and nine trophies were spread across the wine growing regions of Nelson, Hawkes’s Bay, Auckland, Marlborough and Martinborough.

New Zealand Winegrowers chief executive Philip Gregan was impressed with the calibre of this year’s competition.

“The Bragato Awards are a unique opportunity to recognise the grapegrowers who work hard to produce high quality New Zealand wine,” he said.

The annual Romeo Bragato Wine Awards were announced in Auckland tonight [eds: 25 August] at the Bragato dinner, to an audience of grape growers, viticulturalists, winemakers and industry representatives.

The unique Awards recgonise the importance of the grapegrowing process and celebrates viticultrual excellence and come at the end of the three-day, 13th annual Romeo Bragato conference, which discusses the role science, technology and innovation plays in grape growing and wine making.

Reserve Champion Wine went to Saranne James and the Tirohana Estate Pinot Noir 2006, which was also awarded the Mike Wolter Memorial Trophy for Champion Pinot Noir.

AWARDS

CHAMPION WINE OF SHOW AND BRAGATO TROPHY WINNER

Kim Crawford, Doc’s Block Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2006

Doc’s Block – Hawke’s Bay
Michael and Deb Hewitt
 

RICHARD SMART TROPHY AND RESERVE CHAMPION WINE

Tirohana Estate Pinot Noir 2006

Tirohana Estate - Martinborough
Saranne James
 

CHAMPION DESSERT WINE PLAQUE

Waimea Bolitho SV Noble Riesling 2004

TH & RM Bolitho Vineyard - Nelson
Trevor Bolitho
 

FRIEDRICH WOHNSIEDLER TROPHY AND CHAMPION RIESLING

Charles Wiffen Marlborough Riesling 2006

Charles Wiffen Vineyard – Marlborough
Charles Wiffen
 

CHAMPION GEWURZTRAMINER

Winemakers Collection Gewurztraminer 2007

Seifried Estate - Nelson
Hermann Seifried
 

BROTHER CYPRIAN TROPHY AND CHAMPION PINOT GRIS

Stafford Lane Pinot Gris 2007

Stafford Lane Estate – Nelson
Mike and Carol McGrath
 

CARDMEMBER WINES SPENCE BROTHERS TROPHY AND CHAMPION SAUVIGNON BLANC

Blackenbrook Nelson Sauvignon Blanc 2007

Blackenbrook Vineyard - Nelson
Daniel Schwarzenbach
 

BILL IRWIN TROPHY AND CHAMPION CHARDONNAY

Kim Crawford, Doc’s Block Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2006

Doc’s Block – Hawke’s Bay
Michael and Deb Hewitt
 

MIKE WOLTER MEMORIAL TROPHY AND CHAMPION PINOT NOIR

Tirohana Estate Pinot Noir 2006

Tirohana Estate - Martinborough
Saranne James
 

TOM McDONALD MEMORIAL TROPHY AND CHAMPION CLASSICAL RED WINE

Mills Reef Reserve Cabernet Merlot 2006

Mere Road Vineyard – Hawke’s Bay
Clive Kerrison

ALAN LIMMER TROPHY AND CHAMPION SYRAH

Passage Rock Reserve Syrah 2006

Passage Rock Vineyard – Auckland
David Evans

CHAMPION OTHER RED WINE PLAQUE

Weeping Sands Montepulciano 2006

Obsidian Vineyard - Auckland
Mike Wood
 

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