NZW sets 2025–26 wine and grape levy rates
On 18 June 2025, the New Zealand Winegrowers (NZW) Board set the following levy rates for the year 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026.
"This is an uncompromisingly dark wine that plays to New Zealand's strengths in terms of purity and vivacity of fruit," said judges.
McArthur Ridge's Southern Tor Pinot Noir 2023 was the only wine awarded Platinum at the awards, building on the Southern Tor's Best in Show win in 2024.
McArthur Ridge winemaker Matt Connell credits the wine's distinctive flavour profile to its home in Alexandra, the most continental subregion in Central Otago.
"The big temperature swings and long ripening season gives us ideal conditions to craft wines with real depth and personality."
