Mexican Wineries Win 18 Medals At the Brussels World Wine Competition
Excerpt "Mexico News Daily":
Mexican wineries submitted 18 wines to the Brussels World Wine Competition and came home with 18 medals, six of them gold.
A vineyard in the Parras Valley in Coahuila
The 2017 edition of the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles attracted 9,080 entries from 50 countries competing for grand gold, gold and silver medals.
A panel of 320 international judges — journalists, buyers, oenologists, and sommeliers — gave Spanish wines the highest number of medals, followed by France, Italy, Portugal and Chile.
[Some of] the gold medal-winning Mexican wines were:
• Casa Grande Chardonnay 2016, Parras Valley, Coahuila;
• Casta Tinta Syrah 2014, Valle de Guadalupe, Baja California;
• Duetto 2011 (Santo Tomás), Baja Calfornia;
• Hilo Negro ZigZag 2014, Valle de Guadalupe, Baja California;
• Solera Blanco (Santo Tomás), Valle de Santo Tomás, Baja California.