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Entries are now open for the 2016 New World Wine Awards.

A Hawke's Bay Syrah has won the top prize at the 2015 Air New Zealand Wine Awards, presented on Saturday night at Nelson's Saxton Stadium.

Judges have awarded gold medals to 84 of the 1407 wines at this year's Air New Zealand Wine Awards.

“A big rich, opulent Chardonnay,” took top honours at the 2015 Gisborne Regional Wine Awards in May.

This year’s Romeo Bragato Wine Awards will be different to those in the past, with the awards split into two sections. 

A change to the entry requirements of the Wine Awards, will give smaller wineries and more limited releases a greater the opportunity to participate, says one of the judges.

The stylistic finesse of New Zealand wines has impressed one of the guest judges at this year’s Air New Zealand Wine Awards.

The Air New Zealand Wine Awards are now over, the best wines acknowledged and the medals and trophies handed out. As Chair of Judges, Michael Brajkovich MW, acknowledges in his report, the quality across a wide range of varietals was a highlight.