(CNN) -- Ten years ago, Blair and Estelle Hunt entered the wine business with nothing more than a bare plot of land. Blair and Estelle Hunt with their wine awards. Both were approaching 60 and, while they were familiar with what made a good bottle of red, they had no idea how to make it. That didn't stop them. This year, industry experts judged their 2005 Bald Hills pinot noir the best red wine in the world. It beat 4,760 other entries to take the Champion Red award in the International Wine Challenge, the world's biggest blind tasting. And, it was the first time a vineyard outside France took Decanter magazine's top prize for best pinot noir over £10.
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Blair and Estelle Hunt own the Bald Hills vineyard in New Zealand
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The couple started making wine without any previous experience
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Their 2005 pinot noir has been judged the best wine in the world this year
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