Double Gold for Yealands at the International Wine Challenge

Double Gold for Yealands Estate at the International Wine Challenge

25 May 2012

Yealands Estate Wines has been awarded two Gold medals in The International Wine Challenge 2012, announced at the prestigious London International Wine Fair this week.

Securing eight medals in total, the judges awarded both the Yealands Estate Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2009 and Yealands Estate Single Block S1 Sauvignon Blanc 2011 Gold medals, only eight of which were awarded to New Zealand producers.

“It’s fantastic to see our Reserve Sauvignon Blanc awarded a Gold medal, once again reinforcing the quality of Sauvignon Blanc our Seaview Vineyard is producing,” says Tamra Washington, Chief Winemaker for Yealands Estate.

The Yealands Estate Grüner Veltliner 2011 was awarded a Silver medal, following on from the recent Silver medals the wine was awarded in the Decanter World Wine Awards and the Sommelier Wine Awards earlier in the year.

“We’re thrilled with the positive response to our Grüner Veltliner,” commented Tamra. “It’s an intriguing new varietal for New Zealand and with our fruit coming from relatively young vines it’s so far showing real potential. It’s early days, but I’m excited to see where we can go with Grüner in the future.”

The recent results cap off a very strong month for the Yealands Estate range of wines, with the Pinot Gris 2010 collecting a Gold medal and one of only eight ‘By the Glass’ accolades awarded at the Sommelier Wines Awards.

Yealands Estate wines are proudly distributed in the UK by Enotria - www.enotria.co.uk

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 from Landcare Research in April 2009 and in doing so was the largest winery in New Zealand to achieve this status for its organisation and wine products. A month later, it was awarded the category trophy for small to medium businesses at the ’EECA’ awards - the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Awards, held by the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA). Yealands wines launched to great acclaim in August 2008, and have collected more than 200 awards to date, which goes to show that being green also means making a great drop. www.yealands.co.nz

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