News & events
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01.08.2010
EuroVintage heralds exciting new era
One of New Zealand's largest and prestigious wine distributors will be created when a new company - to be called EuroVintage Ltd - is formed to take up the businesses of Wellington-based Eurowine and the Auckland-based Vintage Wines and Spirits Ltd. EuroVintage is expected to sell about 500,000 cases of wine a year. EuroVintage will start operations on Monday 30 August, assuming the operations and responsibilities of the two existing companies. Their respective chief executives, Brett...
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23.06.2010
ARA double gold in Canada
Next generation Marlborough producer, ARA, has been awarded two Gold Medals at one of the world's oldest and most important wine competitions: the 2010 Selections Mondiales des Vin competition in Quebec, Canada. Selections Mondailes des Vin Canada was created in 1983 and is the largest international wine competition in North America. The 2009 Pathway Sauvignon Blanc and the 2007 Resolute Pinot Noir dominated their individual classes, taking home Gold Medals against tough international...
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01.06.2010
Dreadnought '08 wins double gold
Dreadnought Syrah 2008, one of Man O' War's flagship wines, has received GOLD in two of the world's most prestigious wine competitions, Decanter Wine Awards and the International Wine Challenge. To add further kudos to this achievement, only 5 New Zealand wineries received Gold in both awards and Man O' War Dreadnought was the only Waiheke wine to receive Gold in both. Increasingly competitive, both competitions hit record numbers this year. The International Wine Challenge received...
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17.05.2010
Man O' War headlines annual Island expo
Man O' War will headline 15 Waiheke Island vineyards at the annual Wine Expo in Auckland and Wellington this June. Over 60 wines from this exciting island wine region will be showcased to trade and consumers at the two events. Man O' War is a very special piece of coastal New Zealand farmland, located at the far eastern end of Waiheke Island in the Hauraki Gulf. It includes the boulder strewn hills of Stony Batter and is unique for both its unparalled beauty and its diversity of purpose. Set...
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27.04.2010
Al Brown lands a big fish!
As part of the duo responsible for building Logan Brown Restaurant into the Wellington icon that it is today, Al Brown has won the Single Subject category in the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) Annual Cookbook Awards for his book Go Fish. The IACP awards are the most prestigious and competitive awards for cook book publishing around the world and it is very rare for a New Zealand book to be shortlisted so it is a great honour for Al Brown and Random House New...
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26.04.2010
Neudorf celebrates 30th vintage!
Thirty years ago this week, Tim and Judy Finn completed their first vintage at Neudorf Vineyard. "In those days the internet was a rumour, fax machines were cutting edge and Muller Thurgau was considered the smart grape. We knew very little except we wanted to make beautiful wine in beautiful surroundings. I guess we lucked out finding this spot in Upper Moutere. It gives us grapes with the texture and definition we love," says Tim Finn. Looking back, Tim says 1991 was about when it...
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29.03.2010
Eurowine Capital Awards double triumph
Eurowine has been given a ringing endorsement by its industry peers when it collected not one, but two of the categories up for grabs at a glittering Capital Awards ceremony held at Wellington's Paramount Theatre yesterday. The Capital Awards are the Wellington region's premier hospitality awards. They celebrate excellence in everything that is hospitality; with sixteen categories ranging from outstanding kitchen team and barista, outstanding wine list, outstanding restaurant, through to the...
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14.03.2010
Stonecroft enters new era
Having founded the first winery in the Gimblett Gravels district in the mid 1980s, wine pioneer and industry doyen Alan Limmer has sold his Stonecroft winery to young couple Dermot McCollum and his Kiwi wife Andria Monin. A soil scientist, Alan planted his first grapes in 1982. The first in the modern New Zealand wine industry to plant and produce syrah, Alan soon became renowned for his enticingly perfumed, rich and elegant examples of the variety. Alan's gewurztraminer also acquired...
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05.03.2010
Te Mata Coleraine 2008 released
The rule of thumb is that a great cabernet/merlot needs 10 years to show its true colours. So what better way to celebrate the release of Coleraine 2008 and Awatea 2008 than to revisit 10 years later the most talked about vintage of the 1990s, the 1998s. Te Mata Estate conducted its annual March Showcase release programme this week attracting excellent numbers to trade and consumer tastings in Napier, Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. Te Mata's 2010 March release tastings...
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03.03.2010
Torres Drinks Business green company
Europe's leading liquor trade publication, Drinks Business, with approximately 30,000 readers per month, has awarded Torres the distinction of "Green" Company of the Year during the gala for the 2010 Green Awards, held in London on the 11th of February. The jury rewarded Torres for having demonstrated its commitment to the environment: improving its systems and procedures to reduce its carbon footprint, minimising the impact on its surroundings and promoting ecological awareness; among its...
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28.02.2010
Pinot Noir 2010 commentary now available
Prime Minister John Key officially opened New Zealand's most significant international wine conference at Te Papa earlier this month. For 4 days from February 1, Pinot Noir 2010 attracted 300 delegates from around the world to the capital city. The showcase event took two and a half years, $1.5 million and a global recession to organise and featured some of New Zealand's very best wines selected from 107 of the country's best Pinot Noir producers. Pinot Noir 2010 is a triennial event. Its...
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27.02.2010
Graham's 2007 vintage port flying high
The 2007 vintage is already being touted as one of the legends of vintage port! Our limited allocation has sold out in record time and we're currently negotiating a further shipment of this highly sought after vintage. Robert Parker has awarded the wine 97 points in his February issue of The Wine Advocate in which he tasted 59 vintage ports from the 2007 vintage. Parker described the Graham's 2007 as "a candidate for wine of the vintage... complete in every way... impeccable balanced and...
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05.02.2010
Ata Rangi honoured by peers
A new honour was last night bestowed upon two of New Zealand's best known wine estates during the international Pinot Noir 2010 event held recently in Wellington. Ata Rangi in Martinborough and Felton Road in Central Otago were each given the title of "Tipuranga Teitei o Aotearoa" which translates from Maori as 'Great Growth of New Zealand' or 'Grand Cru'. In presenting this inaugural award at the grand finale Gala Dinner attended by 700 guests, Alastair Maling, MW and Chairman of Pinot Noir...
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15.12.2009
Spurrier names Ironclad best new world red
Man O' War's flagship wine, Ironclad 2008, has been named best new-world red by Steven Spurrier in the latest issue of Decanter magazine (January 2010). It comes just weeks after three Man O' War wines from the same vintage took 90-plus ratings in Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate. "The 2008 vintage is being hailed as one of Waiheke's best" says Duncan McTavish, Man O' War's winemaker. "It's really gratifying that our flagship blend, Ironclad has been recognized by one of the world's great...
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03.12.2009
Lustau Spanish wine producer of the year
Emilio Lustau has taken the Spanish Wine Producer of the Year Trophy in the 40th anniversary edition of the International Wine & Spirit Competition. This is in addition to the eighteen medals already awarded to Lustau sherries in this prestigious international competition. The gala awards banquet was held on 26 November 2009 at the Guildhall in London. Lustau was announced as the winner from a shortlist which included amongst others such renowned names in the Spanish wine industry as...
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01.12.2009
Seresin organic producer of the year
On behalf of Seresin, Estate Manager Colin Ross accepted the 2009 Organic Producer of the Year award at the Organics Aotearoa New Zealand conference in Hamilton recently. The annual OANZ awards recognise people and organisations leading the way in organics. The award was presented by Dr Manfred Botsch, Switzerland's Minister of Agriculture, pictured here with Colin. Colin says the award recognises Seresin's commitment to organic farming. "We do our best to encourage others to consider...
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06.11.2009
Frizzell joins our portfolio
Eurowine has this month been appointed the national distributor of Frizzell Wines, possibly one of the most eye-catching range of wines to have ever hit New Zealand. Frizzell Wines is a collaboration between renowned New Zealand artist Dick Frizzell and one-time New Zealand Winemaker of the Year, Rod McDonald. Behind this duo stand a strong business team including ex Saatchi & Saatchi Creative Director Gavin Bradley and ex Saatchi & Saatchi CEO Kim Wicksteed. Frizzell source their wines...
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