Marlborough wine clean up at Air New Zealand Awards

A strong showing in the country’s most prestigious wine awards shows there is more to Marlborough than its flagship Sauvignon Blanc. While the top prize at the Air New Zealand Wine Awards, held in Nelson on Saturday night, went to a Hawke’s Bay Syrah, Marlborough wines took out nine of the 18 trophies, 19 of the 36 pure elite gold medals and the only elite gold medal awarded.