Sparkling wines
TASTING PANEL JUDGES AND RATING SYSTEM
Yvonne Lorkin dish drinks writer and experienced beer, wine and cider judge
Gold Medal
Superb. Strongly recommended.
Cameron Douglas Master sommelier and lecturer at AUT
Silver Medal
A cut above the rest in quality.
Dr Rebecca Deed Wine science lecturer at Auckland University
Bronze Medal
A good-quality crowd pleaser.
(NB: All wines are judged blind under competition conditions. The scores of judges for their own wines cannot exceed those of other judges.)
With thanks to: Janet Blackman from the Professional Wine Studies Department and the AUT School of Hospitality and Tourism. For more on the programmes in hospitality, food and beverage, and hotel management, visit aut.ac.nz. Water kindly supplied by Antipodes.
We Kiwis are huge fans of fizz from all corners of the globe. Be it the aristocrats of Champagne and Cremant in France, the chalky-dry, clean-cut cavas from Spain, the light, floral proseccos from Italy or indeed magic methode from across the ditch – no matter, we love bubbly from everywhere! decided to focus on.
