Here following great results for our wines at the Sunset International Wine Competition, that took place in USA:

Best in Class - Castello d'Albola Chianti Classico DOCG 2010 
Best in Class - Feudo Principi di Butera Insolia DOC 2012 
Gold medal - Tenuta Ca' Bolani Pinot Grigio Superiore DOC 2012 
Bronze medal - Zonin Prosecco DOC NV

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Our Castello d'Albola Chianti Classico DOCG Riserva 2010 was awarded with  l'Eccellenza (Excellence Award), the most significant award of Guida Vini d'Italia dell'Espresso, one of the most popular Italian wine guidebooks.

3 Casa Vinicola Zonin wines were awarded by Gambero Rosso with "3 Bicchieri" (3 Glasses) Award, one of the most prestigious accolades in the wine business in Italy, which results will appear in the popular wine guidebook "Guida del Gambero Rosso", 2015 edition:

Oltrenero Cruasè Oltrepò Pavese DOCG, Tenuta Il Bosco
Il Solatio Chianti Classico Gran Selezione DOCG 2010, Castello D'Albola
Deliella Sicilia DOC 2012, Feudo Principi di Butera

The US wine competition Ultimate Wine Challenge 2014  held last June 2-13 in New York and our wines scored very positive results:

Very good results for our wines at the 21th Edition of the international wine competition Selections Mondiales des vins Canada! The International Jury decided to award:

Gold
Feudo Principi Di Butera Nero d'Avola 2012
Zonin Rosè 1821

Silver
Masseria Altemura Sasseo 2012

Great results were obtained by our wines presented at the 21th edition of the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, that took place in Bruxelles, last May 2 to 4.  8060 samples of wines were judged by a jury of international professionals:

Grand Gold Medal

Castello d'Albola Acciaiolo 2011

Gold medal

Rocca di Montemassi Calasole 2012

Silver Medal

Zonin Velluto Puglia Igt 2012
Castello del Poggio Barbera 2011
Tenuta Ca Bolani Prosecco Frizzante
Rocca di Montemassi Rocca di Montemassi 2011
Masseria Altemura Altemura  2011

Our wines won a lot of medals at the International Wine Challenge 2014. The results of the prestigious international wine competition are the following:

Silver Medal

Tenuta Ca Bolani Refosco Superiore 2012
Tenuta Ca Bolani Aquilis 2012
Castello d'Albola Acciaiolo 2011
Castello d'Albola Chianti Classico 2010
Castello d'Albola Le Ellere 2010
Masseria Altemura Apulo Rosso 2011
Masseria Altemura Fiano 2013

Bronze Medal

Zonin Amarone 2010
Tenuta Ca Bolani Pinot Grigio 2012
Tenuta Ca Bolani  Pinot Bianco 2012
Rocca di Montemassi Calasole 2012
Masseria Altemura Sasseo 2012

Commended

Zonin Prosecco 1821
Zonin Prosecco Prestige 1821
Zonin Velluto Veneto 2012
Zonin Velluto Puglia 2012
Zonin Ripasso 2012
Tenuta Ca Bolani Prosecco Spumante
Tenuta Ca Bolani Prosecco Frizzante
Tenuta Il Bosco Poggio Pelato 2011
Rocca di Montemassi Le Focaie 2012
Rocca di Montemassi Rocca di Montemassi 2011
Abbazia Monte Oliveto La Gentilesca Vernaccia di San Gimignano 2012
Feudo Principi di Butera Deliella 2011
Feudo Principi di Butera Nero d'Avola 2011
Masseria Altemura Primitivo di Manduria 2011

We are pleased to inform you that many Casa Vinicola Zonin wines were awarded at the international wine competition "Mundus Vini 2014", organized by the German Publishing House Meininger, under the patronage of the OIV (International Organisation of Vine and Wine). Here following you find the awards won by our wines:

Gold
Zonin 2012 Ripasso Superiore DOC
Tenuta Ca'Bolani Prosecco Spumante DOC
Rocca di Montemassi 2011 Rocca di Montemassi

Silver
Tenuta Ca' Bolani Prosecco DOC Frizzante  
Tenuta il Bosco Oltrenero Cruasè
Castello D'Albola 2011 Acciaiolo
Castello D'Albola 2010 Le Ellere
Rocca di Montemassi 2011 Sassabruna
Masseria Altemura Rosamaro

Zonin Amarone della Valpolicella  2011 and Rocca di Montemassi Rocca di Montemassi 2012 have been recently awarded with the prestigious "Cinque Grappoli" (Five Clusters) conferred every year only to the best Italian wines that achieve a score of excellence, more than 91 points. Our Amarone obtained the same award with vintage 2009 and 2010 and Rocca di Montemassi with vintage 2011.

Many  Casa Vinicola Zonin wines were awarded at the international wine competition "Mundus Vini 2014", organized by the German Publishing House Meininger, under the patronage of the OIV (International Organisation of Vine and Wine). Here following you find the awards won by our wines, after the big professional tasting that took place in Neustadt (Germany) at the end of August:

Gold

Zonin Amarone  2010
Zonin Ripasso 2012
Tenuta Il Bosco Oltrenero Oltrepo' Pavese DOCG
Rocca di Montemassi Rocca di Montemassi 2012
Masseria Altemura Primitivo di Manduria 2012
Masseria Altemura Fiano 2013
Feudo Principi di Butera Deliella Sicilia 2012

Silver

Zonin Prosecco Special CuvÈe Spumante Brut
Zonin Prosecco DOC Spumante Brut
Tenuta Ca'Bolani Prosecco Spumante brut
Castello D'Abola Chianti Classico DOCG 2011
Castello D'Albola "Le Ellere" Chianti Classico DOCG 2011
Rocca Di Montemassi Astraio 2013
Masseria Altemura Aglianico 2012
Masseria Altemura Rosamaro
Masseria Altemura Sasseo 2012
Feudo Principi Di Butera Grillo 2013

Our Tenuta Ca Bolani Prosecco Spumante was awarded with a gold medal and Zonin Prosecco 1821 with a bronze medal at the first Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships (CSWWC), that took place in UK. The CSWWC is a new global wine competition launched by internationally renowned specialist writer and author Tom Stevenson. It has been created to provide consumers and trade with a authoritative annual guide to the very best Champagnes and Sparkling Wines in the World. The results of the competition are published in the www.wine-pages.com website.

Barboursville Vineyards wines have recently scored excellent ratings at 2 important and authoritative US wine competitions:

San Francisco International Wine Competition 2014

Gold Medal (90 pts) - Barboursville Vineyards 2013 Vermentino, Reserve, Virginia, USA
Silver Medal - Barboursville Vineyards 2012 Cabernet Franc, Reserve, Virginia, USA
Silver Medal - Barboursville Vineyards 2010 Passito, Virginia, USA
Bronze Medal - Barboursville Vineyards 2013 Sauvignon Blanc, Reserve, Virginia, USA  

San Diego International Critic’s Wine Challenge

Critics Platinum (96 points) - 2010 Octagon Virginia
Critics Platinum (94 points) - 2012 Cabernet Franc, Reserve Virginia
Critics Silver (88 points) - 2013 Sauvignon Blanc, Reserve Virginia
Critics Gold (92 points) - 2013 Vermentino, Reserve Virginia

On June 2, the results of the 45th edition of the International Wine & Spirit Competition (Iwsc) were released at the London Wine Fair in the UK. Our winning wines are the following:

Silver outstanding:

Castello d'Albola Acciaiolo 2011
Tenuta Ca Bolani Prosecco Frizzante Doc
Zonin Prosecco 1821

Silver:

Masseria Altemura Apulo Rosso 2011
Feudo Principi di Butera Symposio 2011
Feudo Principi di Butera Deliella 2011
Zonin Ripasso 2012
Rocca di Montemassi Sassabruna 2011
Rocca di Montemassi  Rocca di Montemassi 2011
Castello d'Albola Chianti Classico Docg 2010
Castello d'Albola  Chianti Classico Riserva 2009
Castello d'Albola Le Ellere 2010

Bronze:

Masseria Altemura Sasseo 2012
Masseria Altemura Altemura 2011
Tenuta Ca Bolani Aquilis 2012
Tenuta Ca Bolani Pinot Bianco 2012
Tenuta Ca Bolani Prosecco Spumante
Zonin Velluto Puglia 2012
Zonin Velluto Veneto 2012
Zonin Amarone 2010
Tenuta Il Bosco Poggio Pelato 2011
Abbazia Monte Oliveto La Gentilesca 2012
Rocca di Montemassi Calasole 2012
Rocca di Montemassi Le Focaie 2012
Feudo Principi di Butera Nero d'Avola 2011

The famous American  San Diego International Wine Competition, recently awarded our wines with great ratings:

- Zonin Prosecco 1821 with Platinum/ 94 Points,
- Tenuta Ca'Bolani Prosecco with Platinum/ 93 Points,

- 2010 Castello d'Albola Chianti Classico with Gold/ 89 Points,
- 2012 Feudo Principi di Butera Insolia with Gold/ 89 Points,
- 2011 Rocca di Montemassi Sassabruna with Silver.

The competition took place in San Diego last April 12 and 13, 2014. This year, the San Diego International Wine Competition published reviews of Platinum awarded wines at Wine Review Online, a leading online wine publication that attracts more than one million visitors per year. See attachments to read full reviews.

See the article in attachment.

We are pleased to inform you that many wines of Casa Vinicola Zonin were awarded at international wine competition "Berliner Wein Trophy 2014" organized by DWM (Deutsche Weinmarketing GmbH) under the patronage of the OIV (International Organisation of Vine and Wine) and recognition of the Berlin Senate and the European Union. The wine tastings were held in Berlin last February 6 to 9 and these are the awards won by our wines:

BERLIN GOLD
Zonin Ripasso Valpolicella Superiore Doc 2012
Zonin Prosecco Spumante Doc
Castello del Poggio Moscato d'Asti Docg
Tenuta Il Bosco Oltrenero Cruase
Rocca di Montemassi Rocca di Montemassi Toscana Igt 2011
Castello d'Albola "Le Ellere" Chianti Classico Docg 2010
Castello d'Albola Chianti Classico Docg 2010

BERLIN SILVER
Castello d'Albola Acciaiolo Toscana Igt 2011
Tenuta Il Bosco Oltrenero Spumante Metodo Classico