The barrier of the 700 samples are again greatly exceeded. For the 2012 edition of the international competition Argentina Wine Awards-AWA-the most important wine competition organized by Wines of Argentina and COVIAR and operated by Wine Area, there were 728 wines from 145 wineries.
Last year there were 720 samples and it was a record. Entered the contest this year 27 new wineries and for the first time, 46 wineries collectively increased their number of samples to 109 wines, according to Wines of Argentina.
AWA is made annually since 2007 and through the composition of juries and the seminar "Successful Wines and Styles" points to the key markets for wine exports (U.S., Canada, Brazil, UK and Scandinavia).
In its sixth edition, called Worlds Top Winemakers, the big news is that juries are prestigious international wine experts, who will have the opportunity to discuss with their Argentine colleagues - provided there are 6 local winemakers among the jurors of the AWA-on the quality of samples tasted.
The list is very attractive names for the weight that the wines from the cellars in which they work. Which heads this list of notables is Michael Silacci, winemaker for Opus One The prestigious winery, founded by Robert Mondavi and Baron Philippe de Rothschild (Mouton Rothschild) has Silacci as director of Viticulture and Enology winemaker since 2001 and as from 2004 when he assumed full responsibility for managing the vineyard and wine. Silacci was previously winemaker at Stags Leap Wine Cellars.
Attractive for the revolution that meant in the world of wine of Tuscany, the winery owned by the Marquis Nicolo Sassicaia Incisa della Rocchetta in Bolgheri, in the old Etruscan coast near Livorno is one of the "supertoscanos" has also given a few days to the winemaker to participate as a judge of AWA. She llamaGraziana Grassini and is one of the three women who participate in the event.
It will also be Barbara Tamburini, consulting winemaker of 24 renowned companies in Italy, from Tuscany to Sicily. She is president of Bolgheri DOC, which is famous for the production of prestigious red wines. The third seráMarlene Soria, winemaker and owner of Château Peyre Rose, located in the beautiful region of Languedoc-Roussillon, southern France.
Joey Tensley winemaker and owner Tensley Wines launched in 1998 with hundreds of boxes and a single goal: making wines that allow the vineyards of the unique and little known in Santa Barbara, speak for themselves. 13 years later, Tensley is a business of 4,000 cases per year with the best of the decade as Syrah Wine Spectator, a history of high scores from Robert Parker and an award from Food and Wine magazine to produce the "Syrah in the upper States more than U $ S 20.
Judges included are other names also known as Gills Pauquet of Laboratoires Pauquet Libourne, Bordeaux, France, Alastair Maling MW of New Zealand, winemaker at Villa Maria Winery, Vittorio Fiore, a consultant in Tuscany (Italy), Anthony Hamilton Russell, winemaker and one of the owners of the renowned winery Hamilton Russell and Andrea Mullineux Mullineux of Wines, both from South Africa. In Chile will present the renowned winemaker Marcelo Retamal Viña De Martino and the United States, Robert Pepi Winery Robert Pepi.
Planned to evaluate and reward quality and progress of Argentina's wine industry, the AWA has earned its place as the most important event on the local agenda.
Activities
The event consists of three activities that take place over four days: a blind tasting of Argentine wines by a panel of world-class, a seminar where the jury makes an assessment of the quality of wines and a cocktail of awards, in which the highest benchmark in the industry gather to honor the award-winning wineries.
This year's tasting will be held between 19 and 23 February at the Hotel Diplomatic, Mendoza Seminar Successful Style and Wine, February 24 at the Sheraton Hotel and the awards ceremony that night in Bodega Trapiche.
Information and registration: Pamela Ubilla acreditaciones@areadelvino.com Wine Area July 9, 1485 Floor 4 CP (5500) Mendoza-Argentina + +54 261 4239584. Source: Department of Wine.
