Stoneleigh's Marl. Sav Blanc Honoured In Europe
Stoneleigh Vineyards Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc Once Again Honoured In Europe
A Marlborough sauvignon blanc has
won a gold medal in a
competition held in association
with one of Europe's top wine fairs.
Stoneleigh
Vineyards Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 1998 scored 18.5
points out of a possible 20.
More than 1800 wines
were submitted for Expovina Zurich which is
held in
Switzerland every second year, judged by a panel of 80 wine
experts.
Export manager for the Stoneleigh range,
David Nicholas, says
"this latest win will strengthen
Stoneleigh's already strong
position in the European
market, paving the way for Stoneleigh to
enter the
lucrative and extremely high profile Swiss market."
Stoneleigh Vineyards Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc is already
the
most widely available New Zealand wine in the
world.
In North America the wine has been a huge hit
this northern
summer, making the cover of one top wine
magazine and reaching the
top 10 summer whites list for
another. Last month Canada's Wine
Access magazine
called it a terrific value, zesty, piquant sauvignon
blanc and photographed it for its cover. In the same
month US
Food and Wine magazine chose it as the only New
Zealand wine to
feature in its top ten list of summer
whites from around the world.
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