When it came to getting together this week to toast a remarkable string of national and international awards for wines from Hawke's Bay's Bridge Pa 'Triangle', none of the 10 winery representatives who turned up arrived empty handed.
They arrived with award-winning wines from what has quickly become a firmly established part of the region's winemaking landscape.
"We are on a red hot run," was how Bridge Pa Triangle Association chairman Paul Ham from Alpha Domus put it.
The association was formed earlier this year with 17 small and large wineries in the triangular-shaped 2000ha spread collaborating to promote the unique characteristics of the area.
And as Mr Ham put it, it had been quite a year.