Introduction
Air New Zealand have been the major sponsor of the New Zealand Wine Awards since 1987. Additionally 19 different sponsors also support the various trophy categories.
Naming Rights Sponsor
Air New Zealand
Sponsor category:
Champion Wine of the Show
Air New Zealand is proud sponsor of the Air New Zealand Wine Awards, the country's premier annual wine competition, of which they have been a sponsor for 23 years. This reflects their long-standing commitment to the New Zealand wine industry and their real passion for New Zealand wine.
Twice a year, Air New Zealand conducts an extensive wine tasting by inviting all New Zealand Wineries to submit wines for in-flight selection. Wines are blind tasted by three top New Zealand wine consultants to enable selection of the very best wines to serve in-flight.
Associate Sponsors
Bell Gully
Sponsor category: Champion Sustainable Wine
Bell Gully has been legal adviser to New Zealand's wine industry since its earliest days and supported the Air New Zealand Wine Awards for over 15 years.
Bell Gully is particularly pleased to be able to support the Champion Sustainable Wine category, recognising the talent and commitment of our winemakers in the sustainable growth of New Zealand's wine industry.
O-I New Zealand
Sponsor category: Champion Sauvignon Blanc
O-I New Zealand is the nation's only glass wine bottle manufacturer. They are dedicated to supporting New Zealand's renowned wine industry and driving new wine bottle innovations.
To help the wine industry grow and develop both domestic and export markets, they offer a wide range of wine bottles featuring either screw cap or cork mouth closure systems.
O-I New Zealand is developing lightweight wine bottle options designed to minimise packaging but retain the premium look and feel of New Zealand wines.
O-I New Zealand has been a proud partner of New Zealand's wine industry and their sponsorship of the Air New Zealand Wine Awards is another example of their widespread support for the wine industry.
JF Hillebrand New Zealand Ltd
Sponsor category: Champion Pinot Noir
JF Hillebrand NZ Ltd is proud to be associated with the 2009 Air New Zealand Wine Awards.
Since 1844 JF Hillebrand has been dedicated to the efficient and cost-effective logistics of beverages. Today more than 1200 professionals in 43 offices all over the world put that experience to work for our clients, by taking care of the smooth flow of beverages day after day.
They are now the world's leading logistics provider to the global beverage industry. In New Zealand JF Hillebrand has been assisting winemakers deliver award-winning wines to markets around the world. Through their association with NZ Winegrowers they support the development and recognition of New Zealand wines throughout the world.
For more information, contact us on Auckland@hillebrandgroup.com, or visit our website :
Label and Litho
Sponsor category: Champion Chardonnay
Label and Litho Limited is a major supplier of quality
self-adhesive labelling to the New Zealand market. The company is a second-generation family business and since it was founded has proven itself to be flexible, capable and committed to service excellence.
Label and Litho has a 47-year history and is a major supporter of the wine industry and sponsors many New Zealand wine industry events. Label and Litho is the only self-adhesive label printing company in New Zealand to have EnviroMark Gold certification.
Silver Sponsors
BDO
Sponsor category:
Champion Other White Styles & Rosé
BDO (a national network of 14 Chartered Accounting & Advisory firms) has a long association with the New Zealand wine industry. Their Member Firms advise many wineries about financial and statutory issues including the benefits of industry membership, levies, surveys and elections. BDO is proud to be associated as a long-standing sponsor of the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. Contact them on 0800 379 528 or visit their website:
Rabobank
Sponsor category: Champion Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot/Cabernet Blend
Rabobank New Zealand is one of the country's leading rural lenders and a significant provider of business and corporate banking and financial services to the New Zealand food and agribusiness sector.
Rabobank New Zealand is proud to support the Air New Zealand Wine Awards and award the Champion Merlot Cabernet blend trophy.
Fairfax Media
Sponsor category:
Champion Open Red Wine
Fairfax Media has a long and proud association with the Air New Zealand Wine Awards, with both NZ House & Garden and Sunday Star-Times having sponsored individual trophy categories in previous Awards.
Fairfax Media, New Zealand's leading media company, has a strong focus on innovation and leadership. Their media coverage includes nine daily newspapers, two national Sunday papers, a stable of magazines with market leading lifestyle titles, and a strong online presence including Stuff.co.nz. Fairfax Media also publish over 60 community newspapers throughout New Zealand.
Fruitfed Supplies
Sponsor category:
Champion Syrah
Fruitfed Supplies is part of the PGG Wrightson and provides goods and services to the New Zealand viticulture industry from our 19 sales centres nationwide.
Fruitfed has over 70 field representatives providing ethical advice, technical expertise, quality products and information to an expanding viticultural industry.
For further information contact one of their sales centres or visit their website:
Plant & Food Research
Sponsor category:
Champion Riesling
Plant & Food Research is a New Zealand-based science company adding value to fruit, crop and food products.
As the lead research provider at the Marlborough Wine Research Centre, and with active wine research programmes in Auckland, Waikato and Hawke's Bay, Plant & Food Research is helping the New Zealand wine industry secure its future through innovations in crop management and enhanced understanding of what makes New Zealand wines so unique.
LatitudeGT
Sponsor category: Champion Pinot Gris
LatitudeGT is the essential resource for businesses with foreign exchange exposure. A fully licensed and regulated alternative to the banks for making and receiving foreign currency payments, LatitudeGT regularly saves businesses in the wine industry thousands of dollars. Their strategy is simple: transparent, exceptional pricing, no fees or commissions, 24 hour online or direct service via a New Zealand regulated company. LatitudeGT is pleased to be sponsoring the Pinot Gris trophy at the 2009 Air New Zealand Wine Awards.
Phone: 0508 CURRENCY ( 0508 287 736)
Stuff.co.nz
Sponsor category:
Champion Sparkling
Stuff.co.nz is New Zealand's award-winning news and information website, bringing together the vast resources of Fairfax New Zealand's several hundred journalists and photographers from around the country to create New Zealand's number one news website.
Stuff.co.nz is proud to be a sponsor of this year's Air New Zealand Wine Awards. There is a growing trend for wine drinkers to turn to the internet to search for wine related information and/or to buy wine on line. They are proud to be associated with the excellence of the New Zealand wine industry and to support locally produced wine.
NZ Winegrowers
Sponsor category:
Champion Merlot
New World
Sponsor category:
Champion Open White Wine
New World supermarkets are committed to offering the wine drinker an extensive range of award-winning wines. They are proud to support the New Zealand wine industry and the opportunity to be a trophy sponsor at the Air New Zealand Wine Awards is their way of endorsing wine quality and excellence.
Newstalk ZB
Sponsor category:
Champion Other Red Styles
Newstalk ZB is New Zealand's leading radio station, providing a credible source of news and current affairs.
Through it's 25 broadcast markets, Newstalk ZB speaks to a vast audience of top socio-economic groups, business decision makers and the majority of household shoppers, many of whom enjoy being as well-informed on wines as they are politics and world affairs.
Newstalk ZB is proud to be associated with the Air New Zealand Wine Awards.
Wineworks
Sponsor category:
Champion Dessert Wine
Wineworks is New Zealand's leading contract bottling service provider to the wine industry. Users of our service can eliminate all capital expenditure and business complexity in packaging and still access the latest technology and services certified to international standards.
A complete service is offered, including bulk wine transport, laboratory testing, bottling, storage, distribution, and packaging material supply.
NZ Winegrowers
Sponsor category:
Champion Gewurztraminer
Exhibition Sponsors
Corbans Viticulture
Sponsor category: Champion Exhibition White or Sparkling Wine
Great wines are crafted using the best viticulture practises. Corbans Viticulture, a leading New Zealand grafted grapevine nursery, provides Total Vineyard Solutions to ensure grape growers and wineries make the best viticulture decisions possible. Top quality viticulture practices ensure the production of top quality wines. Corbans Viticulture is committed to supporting the New Zealand wine industry and is proud to be a sponsor of the 2009 Air New Zealand Wine Awards.
Kapiti
Sponsor category:
Champion Exhibition Red Wine
Kapiti is thrilled to be part of the Air New Zealand Wine Awards, sponsoring the Champion Exhibition Red Wine trophy and recognising the talents of New Zealand's boutique red wine vintners.
Like the New Zealand wine industry, Kapiti cheese is recognised for its focus on quality and innovation, depicted in the inherent skill of the affineur and hence gracing the tables of the top restaurants, hotels and airlines around the world.
The ultimate goal – to produce the perfect cheese for the perfect wine.
Product Sponsors
Deep Origin Water
Natural, pure and refreshing, their water reflects all they feel about New Zealand. It has journeyed from deep below untouched native forests, travelling for more than 50 years before it breaks free through a labyrinth of rents and shingle fissures formed in layers of volcanic rock. It is regarded as one of the most consistent deep water sources in New Zealand with trace mineral elements that haven't changed since 1896.
The water exhibits great clarity with a refreshing mouth-feel and pure taste.
Deep Origin Water was born with an ongoing intention and passion that it will be the most sustainable glass bottled water company in New Zealand! Their aim: To be the first glass bottled water in New Zealand to defy convention and act responsibly in this area. Their hope is other beverage manufacturers will follow.