Judges Yvonne Lorkin Terry Copeland Terry has over 20 year’s experience in the wine industry in a variety of roles, and is currently the New Zealand Supply Manager for Treasury Wine Estates which owns brands such as Penfolds, Wolf Blass, Wynns, and Matua Valley. As one of New Zealand’s leading international wine judges, Terry regularly travels overseas to judge at international wine award shows as well as being a Senior Judge at all of New Zealand’s major wine competitions since 1994. Terry is also a contributor to the Hugh Johnson Pocket Wine Book which is the world’s biggest selling wine book and continues to be a media commentator about the NZ wine industry.
Yvonne is deeply involved in the New Zealand wine industry. For the past year, Yvonne has written and presented Thirsty Work, the only New Zealand wine programme screened on the Food Channel. Yvonne is also the Beverages Editor for Dish Magazine, has a syndicated weekly wine column that runs across nine newspapers and is a fortnightly guest on Afternoons with Jim Mora on Radio NZ National. In addition to being a senior wine show judge, she operates her own wine consultancy business, runs wine education classes and is called on as an industry commentator.
Avenues Ben Glover
Sam Kim Sam has been involved for the past 25 years in New Zealand hospitality, wine retail, importing and distribution, as well as running wine courses and master classes. He holds a Certificate in Winemaking from EIT (Hawke’s Bay), and has been judging wine for the last 16 years for various wine competitions and magazines. Sam is also a regular panel member for Cuisine magazine, he publishes wine review magazine Wine Orbit, writes for the Yahoo New Zealand Lifestyle/Food page and contributes to Cuisine Wine Country, as well as various trade magazines.
Jim Harre Jim and his wife own and operate The Gates Country Lodge; a boutique luxury lodge situated in New Zealand’s South Island. Jim has judged at the Air New Zealand Wine Awards, Liquorland Top 100 Wine Show, Easter Show Wine Awards, San Francisco International Wine Competition, London Decanter World Wine Awards and the Japan International Wine Challenge. Jim is currently a Senior Judge with New Zealand Winegrowers, Chairman of Judges for the New World Wine Awards and a Wine Consultant for Air New Zealand.
Marlborough born & bred, Ben has been considered one of the wine regions top winemakers for well over a decade. Now Chief Winemaker at Mud House Wines, Ben makes quality wines from Hawke’s Bay, Marlborough and Central Otago. His selection as the New Zealand representative scholar for the inaugural Len Evans tutorial in 2001 and his 15 years of experience as a national and international wine judge are testaments to his dedication to quality wine – both as a winemaker and as an appreciative wine drinker.
INTERNATIONAL AROMATIC WINE COMPETITION 2013 ENTRIES CLOSE WEDNESDAY 9 OCTOBER 2013
Petter Evans Petter has been involved in the New Zealand wine industry for more than 20 years. A graduate of Roseworthy College in 1984 he has worked for wineries in Germany and as a winemaker in Canterbury including St Helena, Waipara West and now with Sherwood Estate. Petter has judged previously for the Bragato Wine Awards and International Aromatic Wine Competition.
Sarah-Kate Dineen Sarah-Kate is a winemaker with a depth of experience in the Hunter Valley, Australia and Europe who along with her husband Dan have moved back to New Zealand, creating the family owned winery Maude Wines in Wanaka, Central Otago. Sarah-Kate’s achievements in Australia have seen her become a Young Achiever Scholar as well as a Len Evans Scholar, progress up through the wine show judging system becoming a full judge and panel chair of many capital and regional wine shows throughout Australia. Sarah-Kate is now enjoying judging at many New Zealand wine shows.
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Disputes The Chairman of Judges decision will be final.
Objective of the Competition The objective of the Avenues International Aromatic Wine Competition is to promote aromatic wine varieties. The competition is open to all Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer, Viognier and other wine varieties made in an aromatic style, from any internationally recognised region. The aim of the competition is to highlight to the wine industry and consumers the best wines commercially available. Promotion The competition medal winners will be announced with a media release to key media on 16 October. Results are also circulated to our wine industry database and advertised in the Sunday Star Times, The Press and Avenues. The winning wines will be displayed at the Canterbury A&P Show in November within the Food & Wine NZ Pavilion. Over 100,000 people visit the three day Show. The 2013 Canterbury A&P Show will run from Wednesday 13 - Friday 15 November. Medal winning wines will also be profiled on the Canterbury A&P Show website - www.theshow.co.nz. All entrants will receive two tickets to the Canterbury A&P Show. All medal winning entries are eligible to receive four boxes of 250 Gold, Silver or Bronze medal labels; Trophy winners are eligible to receive two boxes of 250 Trophy medal labels. MEDAL LABELS WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Additional quantities are available from organisers at cost. (Information on requesting and purchasing additional medal labels will go out with results.) Conditions of Entry All wines must be commercially available. The minimum quantities required at the time of judging for the New Zealand market is 500 litres for each entry. Entries are restricted to commercially bottled wines (i.e., tank or barrel samples are not permitted). Schedule of Classes [Residual Sugar] 1A – Riesling Dry [up to 7.5 g/L] 1B – Riesling Medium [7.6 to 50 g/L] 2A – Sauvignon Blanc 2013 2B – Sauvignon Blanc 2012 and older 3A – Pinot Gris Dry [up to 7.5 g/L] 3B – Pinot Gris Medium [7.6 to 50 g/L] 4A – Gewurztraminer Dry [up to 7.5 g/L] 4B – Gewurztraminer Medium [7.6 to 50 g/L] 5A – Viognier 5B – Other Aromatic Varieties eg., Muscat, Verdelho, Arneis, Sauvignon Gris 5C – Sweet Aromatic Varieties 6A - Museum Class 2010 and older (all Aromatic Varieties) Entry Procedures and Fees All entries must accompany an entry fee of $70 per wine (includes GST.) Each entry must include four 750ml bottles or four 375ml bottles for Class 5C. Entries are to be delivered to the Canterbury A&P Association Office, Canterbury Agricultural Park, 102 Curletts Road, Christchurch. Entries close 5pm Wednesday 9 October 2013.
Publicity In any advertising, promotion and publicity, an entrant may refer only to an award won by the entrants wine and not (whether expressly or by implication) to the wine or competition performance of any entrant or entrants. Any use of an award in adver tising, promotional or publicity material must be accompanied by a statement of the actual award won and the year or years in which they were won and any award illustrated must relate to the award described. Personnel Convenor: Coordinator: Chairman of Judges: Panel:
Geoff Bone, TDM Events Kaylie Bradley, TDM Events Terry Copeland Sarah-Kate Dineen, Petter Evans, Ben Glover, Jim Harre, Sam Kim, Yvonne Lorkin For further information contact TDM Events, ph (03) 343 3165, email kaylie@theshow.co.nz or visit www.aromaticwine.co.nz. Judging and Awards Wines will be judged on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 October 2013. Winners will be announced in a media release on 16 October, an advertisement announcing winners will go in the Sunday Star Times, The Press and Avenues. The winners will be judged under the internationally recognised 20 point system where wines assessed at 18.5 or more will receive a Gold Medal, 17.0 to 18.4 will be awarded Silver Medals and 15.5 to 16.9 will be awarded Bronze Medals. Trophies will be awarded for the following: Champion Riesling Trophy Champion Sauvignon Blanc Trophy Champion Pinot Gris Trophy Champion Gewurztraminer Trophy Champion Other Aromatic Trophy Champion International Wine Trophy - This Trophy recognises the best wine, judged from all International entries. The Spence Brothers Trophy for Best Sauvignon Blanc Producer - This Trophy recognises the producer who makes a range of Sauvignon Blanc styles which reflect the highest quality among all Sauvignon Blanc’s judged. As pioneers of the New Zealand wine industry, it was Ross and Bill Spence who planted the first Sauvignon Blanc vines in New Zealand and their vineyard (Matua Valley) which developed the Sauvignon Blanc industry we know today. Supreme Champion Wine in Show Trophy - Sponsored by Riedel Proudly supported by:
ENTRY FEE $70 PER WINE GST INCLUSIVE Tax Invoice #10-413-184
Winery: Winemaker: Postal Address:
Contact Person:
Winery Website:
Phone:
Email:
Class
Description
Vintage
Retail Price Residual Sugar Alcohol Qty Available
I declare that the above exhibits comply with the Conditions of Entry for the 2013 Avenues International Aromatic Wine Competition. Signature: Please find enclosed $
Date: for
entries. Cheques payable to the Canterbury A&P Association.
OR I have paid by direct credit to the Canterbury A&P Association account. Account Number: BNZ Christchurch Branch, 020800 0039982 00. With the reference WINE COMP and insert your winery name. Completed entry forms and wine must be delivered to the Canterbury A&P Association Office, Canterbury Agricultural Park, 102 Curletts Road, Christchurch by 5pm Wednesday 9 October 2013. For further information contact Geoff Bone or Kaylie Bradley at TDM Events on (03) 343 3165 or email kaylie@theshow.co.nz or visit www.aromaticwine.co.nz.
Disputes The Chairman of Judges decision will be final.
Objective of the Competition The objective of the Avenues International Aromatic Wine Competition is to promote aromatic wine varieties. The competition is open to all Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer, Viognier and other wine varieties made in an aromatic style, from any internationally recognised region. The aim of the competition is to highlight to the wine industry and consumers the best wines commercially available. Promotion The competition medal winners will be announced with a media release to key media on 16 October. Results are also circulated to our wine industry database and advertised in the Sunday Star Times, The Press and Avenues. The winning wines will be displayed at the Canterbury A&P Show in November within the Food & Wine NZ Pavilion. Over 100,000 people visit the three day Show. The 2013 Canterbury A&P Show will run from Wednesday 13 - Friday 15 November. Medal winning wines will also be profiled on the Canterbury A&P Show website - www.theshow.co.nz. All entrants will receive two tickets to the Canterbury A&P Show. All medal winning entries are eligible to receive four boxes of 250 Gold, Silver or Bronze medal labels; Trophy winners are eligible to receive two boxes of 250 Trophy medal labels. MEDAL LABELS WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Additional quantities are available from organisers at cost. (Information on requesting and purchasing additional medal labels will go out with results.) Conditions of Entry All wines must be commercially available. The minimum quantities required at the time of judging for the New Zealand market is 500 litres for each entry. Entries are restricted to commercially bottled wines (i.e., tank or barrel samples are not permitted). Schedule of Classes [Residual Sugar] 1A – Riesling Dry [up to 7.5 g/L] 1B – Riesling Medium [7.6 to 50 g/L] 2A – Sauvignon Blanc 2013 2B – Sauvignon Blanc 2012 and older 3A – Pinot Gris Dry [up to 7.5 g/L] 3B – Pinot Gris Medium [7.6 to 50 g/L] 4A – Gewurztraminer Dry [up to 7.5 g/L] 4B – Gewurztraminer Medium [7.6 to 50 g/L] 5A – Viognier 5B – Other Aromatic Varieties eg., Muscat, Verdelho, Arneis, Sauvignon Gris 5C – Sweet Aromatic Varieties 6A - Museum Class 2010 and older (all Aromatic Varieties) Entry Procedures and Fees All entries must accompany an entry fee of $70 per wine (includes GST.) Each entry must include four 750ml bottles or four 375ml bottles for Class 5C. Entries are to be delivered to the Canterbury A&P Association Office, Canterbury Agricultural Park, 102 Curletts Road, Christchurch. Entries close 5pm Wednesday 9 October 2013.
Publicity In any advertising, promotion and publicity, an entrant may refer only to an award won by the entrants wine and not (whether expressly or by implication) to the wine or competition performance of any entrant or entrants. Any use of an award in adver tising, promotional or publicity material must be accompanied by a statement of the actual award won and the year or years in which they were won and any award illustrated must relate to the award described. Personnel Convenor: Coordinator: Chairman of Judges: Panel:
Geoff Bone, TDM Events Kaylie Bradley, TDM Events Terry Copeland Sarah-Kate Dineen, Petter Evans, Ben Glover, Jim Harre, Sam Kim, Yvonne Lorkin For further information contact TDM Events, ph (03) 343 3165, email kaylie@theshow.co.nz or visit www.aromaticwine.co.nz. Judging and Awards Wines will be judged on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 October 2013. Winners will be announced in a media release on 16 October, an advertisement announcing winners will go in the Sunday Star Times, The Press and Avenues. The winners will be judged under the internationally recognised 20 point system where wines assessed at 18.5 or more will receive a Gold Medal, 17.0 to 18.4 will be awarded Silver Medals and 15.5 to 16.9 will be awarded Bronze Medals. Trophies will be awarded for the following: Champion Riesling Trophy Champion Sauvignon Blanc Trophy Champion Pinot Gris Trophy Champion Gewurztraminer Trophy Champion Other Aromatic Trophy Champion International Wine Trophy - This Trophy recognises the best wine, judged from all International entries. The Spence Brothers Trophy for Best Sauvignon Blanc Producer - This Trophy recognises the producer who makes a range of Sauvignon Blanc styles which reflect the highest quality among all Sauvignon Blanc’s judged. As pioneers of the New Zealand wine industry, it was Ross and Bill Spence who planted the first Sauvignon Blanc vines in New Zealand and their vineyard (Matua Valley) which developed the Sauvignon Blanc industry we know today. Supreme Champion Wine in Show Trophy - Sponsored by Riedel Proudly supported by:
ENTRY FEE $70 PER WINE GST INCLUSIVE Tax Invoice #10-413-184
Winery: Winemaker: Postal Address:
Contact Person:
Winery Website:
Phone:
Email:
Class
Description
Vintage
Retail Price Residual Sugar Alcohol Qty Available
I declare that the above exhibits comply with the Conditions of Entry for the 2013 Avenues International Aromatic Wine Competition. Signature: Please find enclosed $
Date: for
entries. Cheques payable to the Canterbury A&P Association.
OR I have paid by direct credit to the Canterbury A&P Association account. Account Number: BNZ Christchurch Branch, 020800 0039982 00. With the reference WINE COMP and insert your winery name. Completed entry forms and wine must be delivered to the Canterbury A&P Association Office, Canterbury Agricultural Park, 102 Curletts Road, Christchurch by 5pm Wednesday 9 October 2013. For further information contact Geoff Bone or Kaylie Bradley at TDM Events on (03) 343 3165 or email kaylie@theshow.co.nz or visit www.aromaticwine.co.nz.
Judges Yvonne Lorkin Terry Copeland Terry has over 20 year’s experience in the wine industry in a variety of roles, and is currently the New Zealand Supply Manager for Treasury Wine Estates which owns brands such as Penfolds, Wolf Blass, Wynns, and Matua Valley. As one of New Zealand’s leading international wine judges, Terry regularly travels overseas to judge at international wine award shows as well as being a Senior Judge at all of New Zealand’s major wine competitions since 1994. Terry is also a contributor to the Hugh Johnson Pocket Wine Book which is the world’s biggest selling wine book and continues to be a media commentator about the NZ wine industry.
Yvonne is deeply involved in the New Zealand wine industry. For the past year, Yvonne has written and presented Thirsty Work, the only New Zealand wine programme screened on the Food Channel. Yvonne is also the Beverages Editor for Dish Magazine, has a syndicated weekly wine column that runs across nine newspapers and is a fortnightly guest on Afternoons with Jim Mora on Radio NZ National. In addition to being a senior wine show judge, she operates her own wine consultancy business, runs wine education classes and is called on as an industry commentator.
Avenues Ben Glover
Sam Kim Sam has been involved for the past 25 years in New Zealand hospitality, wine retail, importing and distribution, as well as running wine courses and master classes. He holds a Certificate in Winemaking from EIT (Hawke’s Bay), and has been judging wine for the last 16 years for various wine competitions and magazines. Sam is also a regular panel member for Cuisine magazine, he publishes wine review magazine Wine Orbit, writes for the Yahoo New Zealand Lifestyle/Food page and contributes to Cuisine Wine Country, as well as various trade magazines.
Jim Harre Jim and his wife own and operate The Gates Country Lodge; a boutique luxury lodge situated in New Zealand’s South Island. Jim has judged at the Air New Zealand Wine Awards, Liquorland Top 100 Wine Show, Easter Show Wine Awards, San Francisco International Wine Competition, London Decanter World Wine Awards and the Japan International Wine Challenge. Jim is currently a Senior Judge with New Zealand Winegrowers, Chairman of Judges for the New World Wine Awards and a Wine Consultant for Air New Zealand.
Marlborough born & bred, Ben has been considered one of the wine regions top winemakers for well over a decade. Now Chief Winemaker at Mud House Wines, Ben makes quality wines from Hawke’s Bay, Marlborough and Central Otago. His selection as the New Zealand representative scholar for the inaugural Len Evans tutorial in 2001 and his 15 years of experience as a national and international wine judge are testaments to his dedication to quality wine – both as a winemaker and as an appreciative wine drinker.
INTERNATIONAL AROMATIC WINE COMPETITION 2013 ENTRIES CLOSE WEDNESDAY 9 OCTOBER 2013
Petter Evans Petter has been involved in the New Zealand wine industry for more than 20 years. A graduate of Roseworthy College in 1984 he has worked for wineries in Germany and as a winemaker in Canterbury including St Helena, Waipara West and now with Sherwood Estate. Petter has judged previously for the Bragato Wine Awards and International Aromatic Wine Competition.
Sarah-Kate Dineen Sarah-Kate is a winemaker with a depth of experience in the Hunter Valley, Australia and Europe who along with her husband Dan have moved back to New Zealand, creating the family owned winery Maude Wines in Wanaka, Central Otago. Sarah-Kate’s achievements in Australia have seen her become a Young Achiever Scholar as well as a Len Evans Scholar, progress up through the wine show judging system becoming a full judge and panel chair of many capital and regional wine shows throughout Australia. Sarah-Kate is now enjoying judging at many New Zealand wine shows.
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