Germany dominates at Decanter Asia Wine Awards

Wine makers from Germany took home more than 90 awards at the recently concluded Decanter Asia Wine Awards in Hong Kong. German wines were honoured with 5 gold, 24 silver and 39 bronze medals plus 26 recommendations for wines. Amongst winners are: Weingut Anselmann (Pflaz) who won the German Sweet Regional Trophy for its 2011 Ortega Trockenbeerenauslese; Weingut Louis Guntrum (Rheinhessen)  received the Gold Best Value distinction for 2011 Louis Riesling; and Weingut Dr. Loosen (Mosel) was presented with the Silver Best Value distinction for its Dr. L. Riesling. The following each received a Gold: Weingut J. J. Prüm (Mosel), Balthasar Ress (Rheingau), and Weingut Künstler (Rheingau).

The newly launched competition which is tailored to the Asian market gave out a total 35 regional trophies, 43 gold medals, 382 silver medals and 888 bronze medals as well as 550 recommendations were awarded to the 2,249 wines entered in the competition. A complete list of results can be found on www.decanterasiawineawards.com.

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