November, 2010.- Viña San Pedro

Eight Great Gold Medals, 44 Gold Medals and 35 Silver Medals were awarded in total by the competition.

In this context, San Pedro’s distinguished wines were:

- Our wine elaborated with organically grown grapes, 35°South B.O. Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot 2009, which attained a Gold Medal, and

- GatoNegro Cabernet Sauvignon 2010, with a Silver Medal.

On this “satellite” version of one of the most relevant wine competitions worldwide –as is the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles–, there were 66 participating wineries, not only Chileans, but also stemming from neighboring countries such as Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador. Also, other competitors in this tournament, besides wines, were sparkling wines and Chilean gourmet products.

The experts invited to become the jury at this edition of the CMB-Ch were 18 foreign and local professionals, all of them, winemakers, sommeliers and specialized journalists.

This competition has awarded more than 300 Chilean products, representatives from all wine-growing valleys in Chile, since it was launched the year 2006.

We feel honored to be among the winners!

In Ireland, our 2008 GatoNegro Cabernet Sauvignon beat other two finalists and attained a Gold Medal as the winner of the Best New World Red Under €8 Category in the NOFFLA Gold Star Awards. This is the only local wine competition, organized by the National Off License Association (NOFFLA). This is a big recognition to its quality and a great sales driver, because the winners are promoted through printed leaflets and brochures in all NOFFLA members across the country.

Additionally, on October 24th, the Press Republican Plattsburgh’s wine columnist, Chris Fasolino, highlighted our GatoNegro Sauvignon Blanc on his list of the 10 Best Values he has found along the years he has been writing there, qualifying it as “astonishingly good”. “A light but flavorful white wine, it has vibrant notes of guava and tropical fruit, along with a touch of citrus. It’s from Chile, another emerging region… It goes well with fresh fruit and melon”, stated Fasolino. The Press Republican newspaper is the source for local news from the City of Plattsburgh and the Counties of Clinton, Essex and Franklin belonging to the so-called North Country, the northeastern frontier of the New York State.

Furthermore, our 2009 GatoNegro Cabernet Sauvignon has just been awarded in October another Gold Medal at the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles – Chile 2009, this is, the Chilean version of one of the most important international wine competitions in the industry.

This oenological contest awarded 35 Gold Medals on this occasion and our GatoNegro was able to meet the challenge of that kind of acknowledgement, mainly granted to Chilean Reserve and Premium wines.

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