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Algodon Wines featured at 2008 Wine Star Awards

Monday, 01/26/2009 07:00 PM - 10:00 PM
New York Public Library, New York, NY

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The 2008 Wine Enthusiast Wine Star Awards has selected Mendoza, Argentina as wine region of the year.  The annual award ceremony has been established by Wine Enthusiast Magazine to honor leaders in the crafting, marketing and distribution of wine and spirits worldwide.  Competing wine regions for this year's honor of outstanding achievement included Paarl, South Africa; Santa Barbara County, California; Valpolicella, Italy; and Willamette Valley, Oregon.  An Awards Gala Dinner will be held at Manhattan's New York Public Library on January 26th, 2009. Wine Enthusiast offered twenty-five wineries in Mendoza the opportunity to submit a wine to be tasted and possibly selected to be featured at the Awards Gala, and Algodon Wine Estates is proud to announce that we were one of ten wineries selected!

In honoring Mendoza for Wine Region of the Year, Wine Enthusiast Magazine states that Mendoza "is the heart, mind and soul of the Argentine wine industry, which has been growing by leaps and bounds in the past few decades.  Approximately 80% of all wine made in Argentina hails from Mendoza, a province that sits at the eastern base of the Andes Mountains, roughly 650 miles west of Buenos Aires.  Mendoza's terroir is high desert, with vital water coming from Andean snowmelt.  The signature wine of Mendoza is Malbec, a runaway winner in export markets across the globe.  In recent years, Argentina has grown into the world's fifth largest wine producer, magnifying Mendoza's importance and prominence.  Today Mendoza is a wine region on par with many of the best in the world." Click here to see more 2008 Wine Star Award Recipients