August 20th, 2010.- Viña San Pedro is very pleased to share with you that prestigious American magazine Wine Enthusiast has just nominated it within its Wine Star Awards 2010 finalists, to be the New World Winery of the Year.
This great acknowledgement highlights the important role San Pedro is playing in the world wine-industry and some big achievements reached this year, such as relevant scores and awards for our wines in different segments, GatoNegro’s 50th Anniversary and launching our 360° Sustainable focus, among others. Besides, within the 55 nominees to the 11 categories, we are the only Chilean representatives in the list. A great honor!
We are also very proud, because last year we were already nominated as a group for the same prize. And the year before, Shaw-Ross International, San Pedro’s ally in the US, resulted highlighted as the 2008 best importer.
This time, on the 11th edition of the Wine Enthusiast’s Wine Star Awards, the other competitors in the category for New World Winery of the Year are the Argentinean Achaval-Ferrer and Bodega Catena Zapata, the New Zealander Craggy Range and the South African DGB. Outstanding competitors, all of them.
These awards recognize excellence on all levels of the industry, from producing Premium wines and spirits, to its commercialization. Brief descriptions of the nominees will be featured in the November issue, while the winners will be presented in-depth in the December issue (both circulate a month before), and honored at the annual Wine Star Awards gala dinner on January 24, 2011, at the New York Public Library. After over 20 years of trajectory, Wine Enthusiast Magazine has become one of the most respected and quoted publications in the field of wine and spirits, reaching 685,000 readers per issue.
To be within the five nominees for the best New World Winery of this year is already a very good achievement. We will work even harder in continue spreading the news about our wine’s quality, our winemaking vocation and the passion for all what we do …..Let’s go for the big prize!
