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Best Ever Result for Alpha Domus at Wine Awards

October 2011: The team at Alpha Domus are celebrating after earlier this week achieving our winery's most successful showing ever at a wine competition. Trophy winners and Supreme Award recipients of the Hawke's Bay A&P Mercedes-Benz Wine Awards were announced at Tuesday night's gala dinner and awards ceremony, and Alpha Domus featured prominently, with three major triumphs:

2011 AD Noble Selection Trophy Champion Sweet Wine
2010 Barnstormer Syrah Trophy Champion Syrah
2010 Barnstormer Syrah Reserve Champion Wine Show

"We already received a gold medal here for the Alpha Domus The Wingwalker Viognier and we're delighted with this success, it is a true reflection of the Viticultural and Winemaking team's uncompromising focus on producing high quality wines."

Cheers Paul Ham | Managing Director

First Drop named as one of Australia's ten best wineries

Sept 2011: 7 from 7 at Hawke’s Bay A&P Mercedes-Benz Wine Awards
Up against 350 local wines at the recent judging for the 2011 Hawke's Bay A&P Mercedes-Benz Wine Awards, all seven of Alpha Domus’s entries have won medals, including:
2010 Alpha Domus The Barnstormer Syrah (Gold)
2010 Alpha Domus The Wingwalker Viognier (Gold)
2011 AD Noble Selection (Gold)

'The Cream' takes the cream!

Robert Parker awards ‘The Cream’ Barossa Shiraz from First Drop Australia 95pts.

'Fat of the Land' from the 3 separate vineyards (near neighbours to each other but all with different terroir) gets 94, 93 & 92 Parker points too.

May 2011 - First Drop- super-stoked to have three of our new release BIG GUNS featured in the Wine Spectator INSIDER this week! 92 points for 08 Fats Greenock and Seppeltsfield, and 94 points - and one of the "Hot Wines" - for The Cream 08. We'd better get some open to celebrate!!

"Best of Year" 

Wine & Spirits USA December 2010

Gouguenheim Malbec Reserva 2007

Gouguenheim Flores Malbec 2006 - Malbec World Contest VI 2010 - Gold Medal

Schild Estate Barossa Shiraz 2008 - Wine Spectator November 2010 - awarded 94 points & ranked number 7 Top 100 wines

Alpha Domus viognier 2008 - Decanter Awards - Gold Medal - voted one of "best viogniers in the world"

'Alpha Domus Wingwalker' viognier 2008 & 'Regional Selection' chardonnay 2009 selected for Matthew Jukes 'Top 60 New Zealand Wines 2010'