SKYCITY Auckland to host 2010 Air New Zealand Wine Award

SKYCITY Auckland is pleased to announce that it will host the 2010 Air New Zealand Wine Awards at the SKYCITY Convention Centre on Saturday 20 November.

The awards dinner, which will see New Zealand wine makers and industry figures converge on the SKYCITY Convention Centre will celebrate the achievements of the country’s top wine makers.

SKYCITY’s General Manager SKYCITY Hotels Group and NZ Facilities Development, Simon Jamieson is delighted that such a prestigious event is being held at SKYCITY.

“SKYCITY is the perfect place to hold this wonderful event that awards those in the wine industry on their achievements.”

New Zealand Winegrowers, Global Marketing Director Chris Yorke said,

“New Zealand Winegrowers selected SKYCITY Auckland’s Convention Centre as the venue for this year’s Air New Zealand Wine Awards given their capability to deliver such a prestigious event.”

Judging for the 2010 Air New Zealand Wine Awards will take place at Mount Smart Stadium from 1-3 November.

Attracting entries from wineries from New Zealand’s ten key winegrowing regions, the Air New Zealand Wine Awards is New Zealand’s most prestigious wine awards competition. The competition’s top prize, the Air New Zealand Champion Wine of Show Trophy, is hotly contested. Eighteen additional trophies are also up for grabs including the Bell Gully Champion Sustainable Wine Trophy, New Zealand’s only sustainable wine trophy.

The wine is judged on three factors: colour and clarity, aroma and bouquet, and taste and general impression. Based on these factors, a panel of local and international judges will award elite gold, gold, silver and bronze medals. Sustainably produced wines are awarded pure elite gold, pure gold, pure silver and pure bronze medals.