Wine industry - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 03 Nov 2019 22:29:52 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Wine industry - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Celebrating 40 years of making wine https://cathnews.co.nz/2019/11/04/40-years-making-wine/ Mon, 04 Nov 2019 06:54:39 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=122654 Paul Mooney is celebrating 40 years of winemaking at Mission Estate, making him one of New Zealand's most experienced winemakers. When Paul started, a block was planted on Mission Estate's Taradale vineyard. The grapes from that block have been used to create Paul's 40th vintage - an old vine Semillon wine with complex and sweet Read more

Celebrating 40 years of making wine... Read more]]> Paul Mooney is celebrating 40 years of winemaking at Mission Estate, making him one of New Zealand's most experienced winemakers.

When Paul started, a block was planted on Mission Estate's Taradale vineyard.

The grapes from that block have been used to create Paul's 40th vintage - an old vine Semillon wine with complex and sweet aromas of citrus and beeswax with hints of tropical fruit and flinty notes. Read more

Celebrating 40 years of making wine]]> 122654 Mission Estate scores a gold in the Red Blends https://cathnews.co.nz/2019/10/10/mission-estate-award/ Thu, 10 Oct 2019 06:50:01 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=121965 Mission Estate scored a gold in the Red Blends category with their Mission Estate Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon 2018, while neighbouring Church Road grabbed a gold medal for their Hawke's Bay Chardonnay 2017 in that category. Read more

Mission Estate scores a gold in the Red Blends... Read more]]> Mission Estate scored a gold in the Red Blends category with their Mission Estate Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon 2018, while neighbouring Church Road grabbed a gold medal for their Hawke's Bay Chardonnay 2017 in that category. Read more

Mission Estate scores a gold in the Red Blends]]> 121965 Mission wine among the best in the world https://cathnews.co.nz/2016/07/29/mission-wine-among-best-in-world/ Thu, 28 Jul 2016 17:02:40 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=84782

Mission's 2013 Jewelstone continues to put New Zealand wine on the international map. The 2013 Syrah has been selected to appear at the WINE Explorers' Grand Annual Tasting 2016. It is one of only 2 New Zealand wines and 35 wines selected from around the world. Jewelstone Syrah The WINE Explorers project is a four-year Read more

Mission wine among the best in the world... Read more]]> Mission's 2013 Jewelstone continues to put New Zealand wine on the international map.

The 2013 Syrah has been selected to appear at the WINE Explorers' Grand Annual Tasting 2016. It is one of only 2 New Zealand wines and 35 wines selected from around the world.

Jewelstone Syrah The WINE Explorers project is a four-year project to make an inventory of all wine producing countries. Now in its third year WINE Explorers have travelled to 92 countries, visiting 250 wine-growning regions, surveying 1500 vineyards and tasting over 15,000 wines.

Founder of WINE Explorers Jean-Baptiste, said it was his "desire to travel around the globe to highlight the richness of the world's vineyards, to reveal unknown and very original great growths, hidden treasures from far away winegrowing regions."

"Hawke's Bay has impressed us with the quality of its Syrah, like the very precise cuvée 'Jewelstone Syrah 2013′ from Mission Estate."

The idea behind the tasting is not to judge the wines, but to assess the potential of each of the selected wine regions and discuss the notion of terroir.

Mission Estate CEO, Peter Holley described the event at "poignant" given it was French Missionaries who established the Mission in 1851.

"I'm sure these men never considered that their pioneering efforts would ultimately lead to a wine bearing the name Mission being showcased at such a grand event in Paris some 165 years later," he said.

Waiheke Island's Te Motu 1999 Bordeaux blend joined the 2013 Mission Jewelstone Syrah at the WINE Explorers' Grand Annual Tasting.

The Mission Jewelstone 2013 Syrah success follows the oldest wine club in the world, The Wine Society, selecting the Mission Estate 2014 Syrah among its top 40 wines of the year.

Every year The Wine Society conducts a series of blind tastings of their wine range from all round the world and this year, they tasted 784 wines.

The annual ‘Wine Championship' seeks to to determine the best wines of the year, which are in turn promoted to their members.

Proceeds from the sale of Mission Wine help support the religious and charitable works of the Society of Mary in New Zealand.

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