Méthode Actors: Vilaura's sparkling success story
Beautiful fizz makes for a classic romantic gesture.
It's the second time in a row for specialist sparkling producers Jascha Oldham-Selak and Sanne Witteveen, who also took top spot at the 2024 show.
Other notable winners were Mount Riley's Marlborough Syrah 2024, which won the Fruitfed Supplies Trophy for that variety, despite Marlborough having just 12 hectares planted in Syrah.
Wairau River Wines won the Laffort Trophy for Champion Gewürztraminer for its 2025 Reserve, and the Mainfreight Export Trophy for its 2024 Pinot Noir.
Church Road won the Heritage Rosebowl with the Grand Reserve Syrah from vintages 2013, 2016 and 2021.
Growers were represented on stage too, with "Big John" and Lynne Walsh collecting the Antipodes Champion Riesling Trophy for their Saint Clair Pioneer Block 9 Big John Riesling 2025, and Te Kairanga viticulturist Dave Shepherd collecting the Pinot Noir trophy for the 2024 Estate Pinot Noir, sponsored by Classic Oak Products New Zealand.
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