IT IS RAINING MEDALS ON THE EGGMAN!
THANK YOU MR. WINEHUNTER
For over 30 years in early November the Merano Wine Festival has taken place in the Alto-Adige region in Northern Italy, this year we decided to participate for the first time. All wines (maximum 5) have to be reviewed and selected in a blind tasting carried out by the WineHunter team of experts. The results are in:
DIPLOMA OF EXCELLENCE RBW WINES
- 2018 Veneto Pinot Nero GOLD
- 2020 Veneto Garganega IGT ROSSO
- 2015 Brunello di Montalcino DOCG ROSSO
- 2017 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione DOCG ROSSO
- 2018 Chianti Classico DOCG ROSSO
ALL of our wines achieved in excess of 90 points with the top selection being Pinot Nero made in partnership with our good friends at Contra Soarda- 96.
This years Festival is held from 3 – 7 November in Merano and we hope to see you there to taste our medal winning wines.
REMEMBER in the U.K. we only sell our wines direct, that way you get a better price. Contact details for both U.K and Italy are below.
SALUTI!
HOW DOES THE WINEHUNTER AWARD WORK?
There are eight expert panels with at least three members each. They blind-taste forty wines in each round of tasting. Every bottle is opened at least two hours beforehand, to let the wine breathe and open up.
The experts are told a few key details about each wine. They’re told where it’s from, which grapes it’s made from, how it’s made and the vintage – but the producer is kept secret. The wines that score really high are then tasted by the Central Committee of Merano. It consists of Helmuth Köcher (the founder of The WineHunter) and two other senior experts.
After tasting the wine, the expert panels assign scores out of 100 based on the way the wine looks, the way it smells and the way it tastes. The best wines – those that score more than
90 points – are awarded diplomas of excellence:
– Rosso (Red): 90 to 92.99 points
– Gold: 93 to 95.99 points
– Platinum: 96 to 100 points.
