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This festival is considered one of the top three in Mexico devoted to spread the culture of wine. In this edition, visitors had the opportunity to know deep the products of prestigious wineries from Mexico, Spain, Portugal, Argentina and Chile, among others…

Over 3,000 attendees gathered at the Center for the Arts of San Luis Potosi to enjoy the very complete range of activities programmed: conferences, workshops, tastings, lunch and dinner pairings, area “Tasting wine” contests …

Wineries belonging to D.O.5 Hispanobodegas´Group were guests of honor at the event and were protagonists of a wine workshop and a wine- pairing dinner that attracted huge interest among participants, greatly satisfied with the quality of the wines presented and the didactic explanations about processing and tasting given by Juan Antonio Ramirez , Commercial Director of the Group.

We would like to thank Don Alejandro Espinosa , the event´s coordinator and main architect of our presence there, Don Pedro Poncelis , reputed Mexican somellier, for his priceless contribution, the State authorities who promoted and presented the event, and especially to all visitors who honored us to share with them our experience.

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Added to these important awards, three silver medals have been obtained by 12 Linajes Crianza 2011 and Catania Crianza 2011, both of the D.O Ribera del Duero, and by our white D. O.RuedaAnierVerdejo 2013. An excellent harvest of awards that adds to the recognition that the international markets have been given to the wines of Hispanobodegas harvest by harvest for a long time.

In total, 8.060 wines have been tasted from 41 different countries that have competed in Brussels (Belgium) on the 2nd, 3th and 4th of May, before a selection of the best wine-tasters in the whole world: Sommeliers, buyers, importers, journalists and writers of wine. In total 310 wine tasters from 40 different nationalities.

Only 2,330 of the 8.060 wines subjected to competition have obtained medal, 733 have been GOLD, being 150 achieved by Spanish wines, and of these, 22 have been matched to wines of Ribera del Duero and 6 to the D. O. Rueda, among which are our two gold medals.

Only 138 wines from more of the 1,500 wines that have been tasted, have deserved this distinction. Our 12 Linajes Verdejo 2013 has been one of them, being one of the ten wines from the D.O. Rueda that have deserved this distinction.

12 LinajesVerdejo it is probably one of the wines with the best value for money among the wines awarded: “Pleasant and delicate entry, balanced and rounded, gliceric and persistent”, and with a price (around 5 € retail price) unbeatable in its quality category.

The International Bacchuss awards have an enormous international prestige, with the support of the Organization Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin (O.I.V.) and the VINOFED federation, requires strict rules that are rigorously applied, guaranteeing credibility not only for the contest results but also to the mentions that get the wines.

Under the title “the logical of the Premium concept”, it focus in the excellent value per money of the full range of it’s products and the recognition obtained from the wine experts and the international guides and contests. It also remarks the important efforts done by Hispanobodegas towards the internationalization in the last few years.

The article continues describing the particularities of the areas and the different wineries where the wines are produced:

Under the title “Plants in the high lands of Ribera del Duero”, remarks the quality of the estates where the grapes, which are used for the wines of it’s winery in Ribera del Duero (Viñedos y Bodegas Gormaz) are growed, it’s altitudes, orientations and the high vineyard age (“a real treasure of old vineyards”). Anier and 12 Linajes are remarked as their most representative brands.

The wines from the D.O. Rueda, produced at Bodegas Garci Grande, are described under the header “Premium verdejos in the heart of the D.O. Rueda”, where there are described the principal characteristics and differences which make the prestigious wines of this winery recognizable, being Anier, 12 Linajes and Señorio de Garci Grande a reference as the best verdejos in the area.

“Rioja wines remarkables in the D.O. of the famous Ebro”: the article finishes describing the elaboration and aging process of the winery from La Rioja, Valdelacierva, remarking the quality of it’s vines located in between La Rioja Alta and la Rioja Alavesa, and the careful aging processes with quality oaks that the winemaker Emma Villajos uses for the most representatives wines, AlfarVendimiaSeleccionada and Reserva and Valdelacierva Crianza.

We are willing to share all these contents (and of course our wines) alive in Prowein, where we will be between on 23, 24 and 25 of March in the Hall 4 stand C-29.

In D.O. 5 Hispanobodegas we are very conscious of the importance of the label that should reflect the character of the wine that it represents, that is why we decided that it was the time to actualize the image of our wine Señorio de GarciGrande, with a new label that could reflect the youth and the freshness of these wines, but considering their correct balance and elegance. In this sense we created this new image, which will dress from now on the bottles that contain one of the best ranges of white wines and that are already in the market with the new vintage 2013.

This “salon” that took place on October the 10th, was focused only on those wines with 93 or more points in this prestigious guide. Only 160 wineries (from the more of 4.000 registered in our country) and 400 wines (from more than 10.200 tasted) had the honor of being represented at the event.

Though this means a milestone in the trajectory of our group, the real notice are the excellent results obtained by the wines of D.O.5 Hispanobodegas in this year´s guide: 11 of our wines have been rated with 90 points or more and 5 of them have exceeded 90 points. All these ratings have been obtained in the three D.O.’s that our group represents and in the different ranges commercialized, going from the “premium” ranges to the value for money ones:

– The three crianzas 2010 from Ribera del Duero: 12 Linajes, Viña Gormaz (90 points) and Catania (91 points), and also the references already mentioned Anier (94) and 12 LinajesReserva (93).

– The three wines presented form the D.O. Rueda: Anier (92 points), 12 Linajes (90 points) and Señorio de Garci Grande (90 points), all of them produced with the grape variety verdejo from the 2012 vintage.

– Three wines of our winery in La Rioja: Valdelacierva Crianza 2010 and Alfar 2011 Vendimia Seleccionada both with 90 points and this year’s novelty, Alfar white, fermented in barrel, which has obtained 91 points.

Definitely the wines of D.O. 5 Hispanobodegas are among the best wines of Spain with the added value of its excellent value per money.