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Last week was a ‘golden week’ for Highfield Estate with the Marlborough winery winning three gold medals at two prestigious international wine competitions.

Earlier in the week Highfield Estate’s recently released 2004 Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc won a gold medal at the 2004 Air New Zealand Wine Awards. The win came just a few weeks after the same wine won gold at the 2004 Christchurch Casino Sauvignon Blanc First Taste Awards.

Now this special wine has been awarded a highly sought after ‘blue gold’ at the Sydney Top 100 Wine Awards. Adding to the winery’s success was the awarding of a ‘Top 100 blue gold’ for its Hghfield Estate’s 2002 Marlborough Pinot Noir at the same competition. The recently released Pinot Noir was among the top 5% of highest scoring wines in the competition which numbered 2000 from 78 countries.

Highfield Estate’s winemaker Alistair Soper says the Sydney success caps off an exciting few weeks.

“We’re delighted our new wines have been recognised - both locally and in Australia - by experienced wine judges and awarded gold medals. I am particularly pleased our Pinot Noir has been recognised given the high level of success we have enjoyed with our Sauvignon Blanc over recent years including the 2003 Trophy Champion Commercial White Wine title at the Air New Zealand Wine Awards.”

The 2004 Highfield Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc is available nationally for NZ$24 while the 2002 Highfield Marlborough Pinot Noir retails for NZ$37.