Awards
Since the 1998 vintage, grapes from the two vineyards have won more than 40 national and international medals, including nine golds, and two trophies – the 1997 National Wine Show of Australia and the 1998 Air New Zealand Wine Awards.
- 2020 New World Wine Awards | TW Verdelho 2014 | Bronze medal
- 2019 The Real Review Certificate of Excellence | TW Wines
- 2015 New Zealand International Wine Show | TW Reserve Chardonnay 2013 | Bronze medal
- 2014 Air New Zealand Wine Awards | TW Reserve Chardonnay 2013 | Bronze medal
- 2013 New Zealand International Wine Show | TW Pinot Gris 2013 | Bronze medal
- 2013 Gisborne Regional Wine Awards | TW Botrytis Viognier 2008 | Trophy
- 2012 Easter Show Wine Awards | TW Growers Chardonnay 2010 | Bronze medal
- 2012 Easter Show Wine Awards | TW Merlot 2010 | Bronze medal
- 2011 Gisborne Regional Wine Awards | TW Estate Chardonnay 2010 | Overall White Varietals Selection
- 2010 NZ International Wine Show | TW Chardonnay 2009 | Bronze medal
- 2010 NZ International Wine Show | TW Chardonnay Viognier 2009 | Bronze medal
- 2010 NZ International Wine Show | TW Verdelho 2010 | Bronze medal
- 2009 Royal Easter Show Wine Awards | TW Chardonnay Growers Selection 2007 | Gold medal
- 2008 Royal Easter Show Wine Awards | TW Reserve Chardonnay (Black Label) 2006 | Bronze medal
- 2007 NZ International Wine Show | TW Viognier 2006 | Bronze medal
Awards by:
Bob Campbell
Featured Review:
TW Chardonnay Viognier
Reviewed by: Mac Macpherson / Advintage.
TW Chardonnay Viognier is my new favourite summer wine. It’s simple. It’s delicious. I just grabbed two cases for home.
I like good simple wines. I always have. In a former life I used to go to Sydney every couple of weeks, and I fell in love with the cheap Chardonnay Semillons and Semillon Sauvignons we would drink in the waterfront restaurants there. They were simple wines for drinking. They went perfectly with grilled fish or oysters. And the seafood and wine both tasted better together than they tasted on their own.
Fast forward 15 years and Tietjen Witters Chardonnay Viognier is now firmly set as my summer quaffer of choice. I’m not usually a fan of unoaked Chardonnay – but the Viognier component (30%) adds silken viscosity and palate weight and a tangy apricot character that sits well with the peachiness of the Chardonnay.
It’s quirky – and this would definitely be a hard blend to pick in a blind tasting. It doesn’t really taste like Chardonnay. And it doesn’t really taste like Viognier. But who cares.
It’s not too serious. But I think it’s seriously good.
