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.

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