U.S. wineries take 14 medals at Europe’s prestigious wine competition
A number of United States wineries showed a strong presence at last month’s 15th annual Concours Mondial de Bruxelles (CMB)1 international wine competition, one of the top international, professional wine and spirits competitions in the world. Eight U.S. wineries were awarded a total of 14 medals at this year’s competition: one Great Gold, six Gold and seven Silver medals.
U.S. wines showed particularly well, especially when compared to the total average number of medals awarded at the competition. U.S. entrants medaled over twice as often as the competition average, with 61% of the wineries receiving awards – compared to 28% from all other entries combined. The U.S. entrants also outperformed many of the world’s top wine producing countries, including Italy (by 37%), France (by 36%), Spain (by 28%), Australia (by 26%) and Chile (by 20%).
“The Concours Mondial de Bruxelles wine competition is one of the most prestigious international wine competitions in the world,” says Thomas Costenoble, Director of the CMB. “With an esteemed panel of 240 internationally renowned judges and almost 6,200 wines and spirits being judged, the medals awarded to these U.S. wineries are a true testament to their place amongst the best in the world.”
Snows Lake Winery, located in Lake County, CA, demonstrated it deserves to be among the best wines of the world after receiving a Great Gold medal as well as three additional Gold Medals in this year’s competition. Great Gold medals are only awarded to those wines scoring a combined score of 96% or above by the panel of judges. They were awarded to fewer than 1% of the total number of entries. Cass Winery, Jordan Vineyard & Winery, Rancho Zabaco Winery, St. Supéry, Trefethen Winery and Ventana Vineyards were also award recipients.
All U.S. medals awarded at the 15th annual CMB were:
Great Gold – 2005 Snows Lake “One”
Gold – 2005 Cass Estate Grown Cabernet Sauvignon
Gold – 2006 Rancho Zabaco Dancing Bull Zinfandel
Gold – 2005 Snows Lake “Two”
Gold – 2004 Snows Lake “One”
Gold – 2004 Snows Lake “Two”
Gold – 2004 Trefethen Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
Silver – 2004 Jordan Vineyard & Winery Cabernet Sauvignon
Silver – 2006 Rancho Zabaco Dancing Bull Sauvignon Blanc
Silver – 2004 Rancho Zabaco Sonoma Heritage Vines Zinfandel
Silver – 2006 Silver Boot Meritage
Silver – 2003 St. Supéry Cabernet Sauvignon
Silver – 2006 Trefethen Estate Chardonnay
Silver – 2006 Ventana Vineyards “Rubystone”
- About the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles
The Concours Mondial de Bruxelles was started in 1994, to reward the best wines and spirits produced worldwide. In 2006, in order to reinforce their international character, the CMB began holding the competition beyond its original borders. In continuing with this tradition, the 16th annual CMB wine competition will take place on April 25th-27th, 2009 in Valencia, Spain. For more information about the CMB international wine competition, go to http://www.concoursmondial.eu/. [↩]
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