Nelson Wines win at the International Wine Challenge 2022
The International Wine Challenge, the world’s most influential, impartial and rigorously judged wine competition,
has announced the results of its 2022 competition, with medals awarded across the globe, from Spain and New Zealand to India and Georgia.
Thousands of wines from more than 50 countries entered the annual competition which was judged by an international panel
of wine experts in a series of rigorous blind tastings in London last month.
International Wine Challenge co-chair Sam Caporn MW at work
New Zealand claimed the International Sauvignon Blanc Trophy with Yealands Estate Single Block S1 Sauvignon Blanc 2021 and gained 17 gold medals in total with a wide range of grape varieties.
Syrah and Pinot Noir as expected but there were also a couple of outstanding red blends from the Gimblett Gravels region: Villa Maria’s Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2020 (80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot) and
Esk Valley’s Artisanal Series Malbec Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon 2019. New Zealand also showed it is a serious Chardonnay producer, with gold medals for Hawke’s Bay producers Tony Bish and Trinity Hill Wines,
Central Otago’s Te Kano, Marlborough’s Stoneleigh, and Nelson’s Kono NZ.
Congratulations to Nelson winemakers who achieved 1 Gold medal, 3 Silvers and 1 Commended for the wines featured below.
