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Hat Trick for Alexandra Wine Company

4 October 2008:

Pinot Noir Liquorland Top 100 Trophy -Andrew Bartley, Liquorland & Shona Garry Alexandra Wine Company

The Alexandra Wine Company has been awarded the Trophy for the Top Pinot Noir at the 15th Annual Top 100 International Wine Competition at The Hilton Hotel in Auckland with the alex.gold pinot noir 2007. The Liquorland Top 100 International Wine Competition is one of the most respected events in the New Zealand Wine Industry. 21 highly experienced, professional wine judges from New Zealand, Australia and the UK evaluated 1476 wine entries.

The alex.gold Pinot Noir 2007 has also been rated within the nine best value wines in the Liquorland Top 100.

This has continued an amazing couple of months with the other two wines produced by the Alexandra Wine Company: the Davishon Pinot Noir 2007 and Feraud’s Chardonnay 2006, both receiving Gold Medals at the Romeo Bragato Wine Awards on the 24th August.

All of the three wines we produce, have been awarded gold medals, putting them at the top of their field and that is what we are striving for.

All the grapes are produced at the Davishon Vineyard on the Dunstan Flats, between Alexandra and Clyde. The Dunstan Flats is where Jean Desire Feraud planted the first grapes in Central Otago in the 1860s.

Davishon, owned by David and Shona Garry, is a small-dedicated vineyard committed to producing quality wines, which reflect the climate, soils and energy of one of the worlds most exciting new wine regions.

The success with Pinot Noir continues Central Otago’s national dominance of the variety and the success with a Central Otago Chardonnay adds weight to the overall success. All the wines are made by winemaker Carol Bunn at the Vinpro Winery in Cromwell.

Contact: Shona Garry, Alexandra Wine Company, Phone 0273116670