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Villa Maria Celebrates First 2010 Vintage Trophy

Monday 13 September 2010, 12:28PM

By Villa Maria Estate

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AUCKLAND

Villa Maria’s flagship wine and 2010 vintage has just won the Trophy for Sauvignon Blanc at the Royal Perth Wine Show.

The Villa Maria Private Bin Sauvignon Blanc 2010 is one of the company’s major export wines and is distributed to more than 50 countries around the world.

Villa Maria Group Winemaker Alastair Maling MW said this win will be excellent for the New Zealand wine industry and, as an important export earner it’s a key selling point for this vintage: “This is an award that we’ve been striving for in recent years and to achieve this from our Private Bin wine reinforces our belief in the quality of the 2010 vintage in Marlborough and New Zealand”.  

In this year’s competition there were entries from 394 wine companies, with 2,398 wines.

The Perth Royal Wine Show has been running for 40 years and is Western Australia’s leading wine show. Last year Villa Maria received the Merlot trophy for the Private Bin Merlot 2008.