Central Otago Pinot
Noir Celebration 2019
24 – 26 January 2019
Queenstown and Surrounds, Central Otago
Cost: $1,500.00 pp incl GST
Registrations:
www.pinotcelebration.co.nz
Event Manager: Tania Partridge, Cell: 021 826-427
The Central Otago Pinot Noir Celebration will be in its 14th
year for 2019, having been firmly established as one of the most enjoyable wine
events conducted in New Zealand. Up to
200 wine enthusiasts have the opportunity of learning more about Central Otago
Pinot Noir from the 40 wine producers involved, and this is in spectacular
environment with good company and cuisine.
The programme officially opens at 1.00 pm Thursday 24 with
Registration and the day includes a ‘Central Otago Discovery Tasting’, followed
by a Grand Opening Night at the Skyline Restaurant. On morning of Friday 25, attendees will be
taken to the Amisfield Winery for the ‘Grand Tasting’ put on by the exhibiting
wineries with two Pinot Noirs each. This
will be followed by lunch at designated wineries, with winemaker-hosted ‘Downtown
Dinners’ at selected restaurants in Queenstown.
The final day, Saturday begins with the ‘Formal Tasting’ in the morning,
followed by lunch, then a little (well-deserved) free time until the ‘Grand Dinner’
at Coronet Peak, concluding with the ‘Charitable Auction’.
The
participating wineries are: Akarua, Akitu, Amisfield, Aurum, Burn
Cottage, Carrick, Ceres, Chard
Farm, Cloudy Bay, Doctors Flat, Domain Road, Domaine
Rewa, Domaine Thomson, Felton
Road, Gibbston Valley, Grasshopper Rock, Hawkshead, Judge
Rock, Kalex, Lowburn Ferry, Maude
Wines, Mondillo, Mount Edward, Mount Michael, Mt Difficulty, Nanny Goat, Peregrine, Prophets Rock, Providore, Quartz Reef, Rippon, Rockburn, Tarras, Te Kano Estate, Terra
Sancta, Three Miners, Two Degrees, Two Paddocks, Valli and Wooing Tree.
I attended the Central Otago Pinot Noir Celebration in 2014
and can vouch for a wonderful experience, and I hope to be attending the 2019
event.