PRESS RELEASE
Dusseldorf, March 14th, 2016
MUNDUS VINI spring tasting 2016:
Award ceremony “best of show” in the ProWein Tasting Zone
More than 50 international wine producers have just received special MUNDUS VINI prizes, awarded at ProWein in Düsseldorf.
Christoph Meininger, publisher and founder of MUNDUS VINI, performed the ceremony together with Christian Wolf, Director Degustation MUNDUS VINI, as well as the management board, Robert Joseph, Michael Hornickel and Professor Dr. Ulrich Fischer.
The MUNDUS VINI spring tasting 2016 took place at the end of February. More than 5,000 wines were tasted and evaluated by professional tasters from all over the world for the 18th Grand International Wine Award. In addition to the medals Grand Gold, Gold and Silver, special prizes were awarded to the best wine in categories such as “best of show Riesling Germany”, “best of show Barolo”, “best of show South Africa red” or “best of show Champagne”.
The special awards were given to, among others, Adriano Ramos Pinto for “best of show Port”, Jacopo Biondi Santi for “best of show Brunello” or Vina Los Vascos (Domaines Barons de Rothschild Lafite) for “best of show Chile”.
In total, both well-known producers and newcomers were honoured, such as the Champagne house Alfred Gratien for “best of show Champagne” and winery Chat Sauvage from Rheingau region, Germany, for “best of show Pinot Noir Germany”.
The traditional MUNDUS VINI summer tasting will be held at the beginning of September 2016, to allow wines from vintage 2015, which were not yet in bottle by February 2016, to be tasted.
MUNDUS VINI was founded 15 years ago by Meininger Verlag and rapidly become one of the most significant wine competitions in the world.
All results of MUNDUS VINI spring tasting 2016: www.mundusvini.com/results
Please find all award winners "best of show" under https://goo.gl/W6d9nd
About MEININGER VERLAG:
MEININGER VERLAG, founded in Neustadt / Weinstrasse in 1903, is one of Germany’s oldest specialist publishers and is managed by the fourth generation of the Meininger family. The company mainly specialises in publications for the wine and beverage industry and is the European leader in this field. The company also organizes trade shows, industry events and congresses.
Meininger Verlag has an international reputation due to the Grand International Wine Award MUNDUS VINI to which nearly 10,000 wines are submitted per year. Moreover, the media company organizes other wine competitions such as Best of Riesling, the Meininger Rotweinpreis (award for German red wines) and Meiningers Deutscher Sektpreis (award for German sparkling wines).
Press contact:
Christian Wolf
MEININGER VERLAG GmbH
Maximilianstr.7 – 17
67433 Neustadt/Weinstrasse
Tel: +49 6321-8908-13
Cell: +49 173 866 24 67
Fax: +49 6321-8908-954
E-Mail:
www.meininger.de
www.mundusvini.com
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