{"id":16580,"date":"2014-01-29T09:24:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-29T09:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/top-wine-connoisseurs-descend-on-queenstowns-hotel-st-moritz-for-10th-annual-pinot-noir-celebration\/"},"modified":"2014-01-29T09:24:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-29T09:24:00","slug":"top-wine-connoisseurs-descend-on-queenstowns-hotel-st-moritz-for-10th-annual-pinot-noir-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2014\/01\/top-wine-connoisseurs-descend-on-queenstowns-hotel-st-moritz-for-10th-annual-pinot-noir-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Top wine connoisseurs descend on Queenstown\u2019s Hotel St Moritz for 10th annual Pinot Noir celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some of the world\u2019s top wine connoisseurs and critics will descend on Queenstown\u2019s St Moritz hotel\u00a0<\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>Thursday 30 January<\/b>to attend the 10<\/span>th<\/sup>\u00a0annual Central Otago Pinot Noir Celebration (COPNC).<\/span><\/span>

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Held from\u00a0January 30 to February 1 2014\u00a0<\/b>the event showcases the wine, food, people and places of Central Otago to a \u2018who\u2019s who\u2019 of the wine world including one of Burgundy\u2019s most revered figures, Aubert de Villaine.<\/span><\/div>\n
As Gold sponsor of the event and principle accommodation provider, St Moritz Queenstown has a long-standing association with the celebration, which perfectly matches the hotel\u2019s unassuming and sophisticated style.<\/span><\/div>\n
Billed as the \u201cliveliest Pinot Celebration yet\u201d, this year\u2019s milestone tenth year sold out in record time, a strong indicator to organisers that Pinot Noir is fast becoming one of the world\u2019s \u201cmost recognised and well-loved\u201d wine varieties.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Love Seat dining in The Library, Hotel St Moritz (the perfect place to enjoy our signature pinot pinot pinot)<\/span><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n
Hotel St Moritz general manager Lynne McVicar said hosting key VIPs for the celebration was a \u201chuge privilege\u201d as Pinot Noir was integral to the hotel\u2019s story that centres on the unique landscape of the Central Otago region which happens to grow some of the most revered pinot grapes in the world.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u201cOur signature \u2018Pinot Pinot Pinot\u2019\u2013a flight of the region\u2019s best Pinot Noirs -are chosen for guests to taste\u00a0 and has proved a hit with locals and return guests,\u201d said Mrs McVicar.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u201cWe can even take it a step further and perfectly match the Pinots with a degustation dining experience from our restaurant; a foodies delight.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u201cOur knowledge of Pinot Noir is impressive and our team is passionate about educating and informing people about the varietal.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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The Signature Lobby of Hotel St Moritz<\/span><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cWe really value the support of Hotel St Moritz and their ongoing sponsorship and are grateful they provide such a high quality of service and hospitality for our visiting media,\u201d said COPNC chair Jen Parr.<\/span><\/div>\n
During the three-day festivities, which celebrate the success and diversity of Central Otago Pinot Noir, delegates will meet a comprehensive range of Central Otago winegrowers, with 40 producers collaborating to host the event.<\/span><\/div>\n
As part of the \u2018Downtown Lunch\u2019 event\u00a0on Saturday, St Moritz will host wineries Gibbston Valley, Hawke\u2019s Head, Judge Rock and Mudhouse for an interactive and informative lunch session with winemakers and representatives from each of the wineries.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re really looking forward to enjoying some fantastic wine, matched with superb food from our award-winning chef team and hearing more from the country\u2019s best winemakers. It\u2019s sure to be a great afternoon,\u201d said Mrs McVicar.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re proud of our ten year collaboration with the event and look forward to many more years together promoting the region\u2019s wines. The event gets bigger and better each year.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some of the world\u2019s top wine connoisseurs and critics will descend on Queenstown\u2019s St Moritz hotel\u00a0this\u00a0Thursday 30 Januaryto attend the 10th\u00a0annual Central Otago Pinot Noir Celebration (COPNC). Held from\u00a0January 30 to February 1 2014\u00a0the event showcases the wine, food, people and places of Central Otago to a \u2018who\u2019s who\u2019 of the wine world including one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16580\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}