AND THE WINNER IS…
The New Zealand International Wine Show (NZIWS) is Aotearoa’s largest wine competition. Over 2,000 wines from around the world are put to the test by a panel of leading judges, winemakers and Masters of Wine. They do the hard yards and select the best of the best in awarding Gold, Silver and Bronze medals…plus the cream of the crop, the Trophy winners!
Below you’ll find a selection Trophy & Gold medal winners to buy.
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Double Gold Rosé under $15?! It's no laughing matter!
Double Gold Rosé under $15?! It's no laughing matter!
- Gold medal (NZ Int'l Wine Show), Gold medal (Hawke's Bay Wine Awards), 5 Stars & 93/100 (Sam Kim), 4 Stars (Michael Cooper), 89/100 & Top Value Award (Bob Campbell MW, The Real Review) - "Good value at this price ($18)"
- Juicy, bright summery fruit flavours (think raspberry and watermelon!) with a refreshing dry finish
- Using Merlot and Malbec grapes from sunny old Hawke's Bay
- Made by the Hãhã Wine Company - it means to catch your breath in Te Reo Maori
RRP $17.99
$14.99
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Best served with a kiss.
Best served with a kiss.
- Central Otago Pinot Gris by Wooing Tree
- Gold medal (NZ Int'l Wine Show 2023), 91/100 (Bob Campbell MW) - "Taut, high-energy pinot gris with ginger, caramel, lanolin, pineapple and pear flavours."
- Named after a tree in the middle of the vineyard (what goes on under the tree is another story)
RRP $34
$29.99
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Double Gold, 95/100, Top Rank. It's fit for a Squire.
Double Gold, 95/100, Top Rank. It's fit for a Squire.
- 95/100 & Top Rank (The Real Review), Double Gold medal (NZ Int'l Wine Show 2020), Gold medal (Int'l Wine Challenge, London)
- Clare Valley Shiraz from three top vineyards, aging the portions in oak for differing periods of time (10 months for one, 14 months for the other two)
- First rate stuff! Dark, inky in colour, it's all dark berry fruits, licorice and spice!
RRP $49.99
$44.99
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Bleatin' good! Gold @ NZIWS!
Bleatin' good! Gold @ NZIWS!
- Gold medal (NZ Int'l Wine Show 2023) - the second year running Gold at this show!
- From a vineyard in the Waipara Valley that was formerly a sheep farm
- Medium to full bodied style, full of richness, texture and flavour! Bargain!
- A great style to pair with Asian cuisine like Thai and Indian
RRP $18.99
$16.99
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Mumm + Marlborough. Magic in a flute.
Mumm + Marlborough. Magic in a flute.
- Gold medal (NZ Int'l Wine Show 2023), 5 Stars & No.1 NZ Methode Traditionelle (Cuisine magazine 2023) ASB2024
- Collaboration between French Champagne house Mumm and a Marlborough winemaking legend
- Made from 100% Marlborough Pinot Noir, aged 4 years before release
- Using grapes from a single vintage (2017)
RRP $49.99
$39.99
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"An attractive fizz with subtlety and style"
"An attractive fizz with subtlety and style"
- Miru Miru is the Maori word for bubbles
- Gold medal (NZ Int'l Wine Show 2021), 94/100 & Top Rank (Bob Campbell MW, The Real Review), 4 Stars (Cuisine magazine 2023)
- Methode Traditionelle (same varieties and techniques used as Champagne), aged 12-18 months on lees to add richness and texture
RRP $34.99
$26.99
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A class act!
A class act!
- Tohu's "Whenua" series - single vineyard wine from the Awa River block vineyard in the Awatere Valley
- Gold medal (NZ Int'l Wine Show), Gold medal (Aotearoa Regional Wine Comp), 4 1/2 Stars (Michael Cooper), 92/100 (Bob Campbell MW), 92/100 (Steve Bennett MW)
- "Hand-harvested and fermented in old French oak puncheons. Bright, light yellow/green, it shows very good complexity, with strong, peachy, gently toasty flavours, and a very harmonious finish. $38" (Michael Cooper)
RRP $38
$34.99
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Get ready to be inked - McLaren Vale style!
Get ready to be inked - McLaren Vale style!
- Gold medal (NZ Int'l Wine Show 2023)
- Latest addition to the massively popular Ink series by Grant Burge
- Using fruit from the McLaren Vale in south Australia
- You'll love its moreish inky, syrupy goodness and lashings of rich, bold juicy fruit and luxuriously smooth tannins
RRP $21.99
$18.99
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Gold & 95/100 at Decanter in London!
Gold & 95/100 at Decanter in London!
- Gold medal (NZ Int'l Wine Show 2023), Gold medal & 95/100 (Decanter World Wine Awards 2023), 4 1/2 Stars (Michael Cooper)
- "Offering fine value...a strongly varietal wine, with excellent density of ripe plum and black pepper flavours, savoury notes adding complexity, and lots of youthful vigour" (Michael Cooper)
- Hawke's Bay Syrah crafted by a true legend of the area, Gordon Russell
- Aged 17 months in French oak
RRP $24.99
$19.99
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A whole lotta Hawke's Bay red for your money here!
A whole lotta Hawke's Bay red for your money here!
- Malbec dominant Bordeaux style red from the Gimblett Gravels in Hawke's Bay
- Gold medal (NZ Int'l Wine Show 2023), 4 1/2 Stars (Michael Cooper), 5 Stars & 93/100 (Sam Kim)
- "Bargain-priced, the characterful, full-bodied 2021 vintage was grown in the Gimblett Gravels. Deeply coloured, with fresh, spicy aromas, it is weighty, with concentrated blackcurrant, plum and spice flavours, vibrant and very youthful." (Michael Cooper)
RRP $24.99
$19.99