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Laithwaites Inside Story Top Awards At The Wines Of Chile Competitors 2008
Laithwaites Inside Story Top Awards At The Wines Of Chile Competition 2008
Among one of the most prestigious worldwide competitions to rate Chilean wines, the fifth Wines of Chile honors took location this year in the Chilean capital of Santiago. Nine courts from the UK awarded medals to wines from lots of new regions, which reflect the scale as well as variety of Chile’s wine offerings. Laithwaites scooped several top honors at this competitors consisting of Ideal Worth Trophy from the Elqui Valley and also the very best in Program Trophy for a red from the Rapel Valley. With a variety of over 80 wines, Chile has verified deservedly popular with Laithwaites’ team as well as customers.
Falernia Estate, from the little-known northern area of Elqui, won 3 of the competition’s 10 prizes. The Laithwaites exclusive Alta Tierra Sauvignon Blanc from Falernia stunned the courts to win Gold, Finest Worth White Prize as well as the Sauvignon Blanc Prize. This is an amazing result for Falernia that were, till lately, the only manufacturer to be based in the Elqui Valley.
Laithwaites’ producers in even more well established Chilean wine areas additionally attained significant success with the Prize for the most desired honor, Wine of the show going to Viña La Rosa’s Ossa 2004 from Cachapoal, Rapel Valley. Another standard area, Maule Valley, saw its Gillmore Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 win the Cabernet Sauvignon trophy, also readily available to buy at Laithwaites.
An additional winner at the Wines of Chile Awards went to Adolfo Hutardio, Cono Sur’s Principal Winemaker that won the Chilean personality of the year. Cono Sur make most of the Laithwaites Chilean range consisting of the Casa del Rio Verde and Grandmother Valle de Niebla wines The accolade rewards an individual who is “a true character, with a vibrant as well as pleasant individuality, and also who is an excellent ambassador for the modern Chile.”
Vicki Stephens Clarkson, the Laithwaites Chilean wine buyer states: “It is difficult to beat Chile for its large quality as well as value. It is wonderful news that our Chilean wines have actually done so well in this contest. We took a trip to Chile 3 times in 2007 to guarantee that the very best high quality as well as worth wines are provided to our customers’ doors from conventional and new areas”
Laithwaites have one of the largest Chilean ranges in the nation with wines sourced from practically every wine region in the country from Limari in the North to Biography Bio Valley in the South. To acquire wine from this impressive Chilean range phone call 0870 444 8282.