Celebrating Excellence in Quality and Diversity at the
Wine Style Asia Award 2009 Gala Dinner

Wine Style Asia Award 2009 concluded at a glittering gala dinner at The St Regis Singapore on the eve of Wine for Asia 2009, which runs from 22 – 24 October. 

This year’s judging panel was headed by Mr John Chua, a veteran international wine judge. The other panellists, comprised established names in the wine community, such as Kym Milne MW, Lisa Perotti-Brown MW, Subhash Arora, president of Delhi Wine Club, Fumiko Arisaka from Japan, Tran Ngoc Chau from Vietnam and Susie Wu, a veteran wine journalist from China, and chief sommeliers from The St Regis Singapore and Hilton Kuala Lumpur.

These are the winning entries breakdown.

Trophy Award   8 winners
Gold Platinum Award 27 winners
Gold Classic Award 2 winners
Silver Award 99 winners
Bronze Award 155 winners

The trophy winners are:

  • Riverbench Estate Pinot Noir 2006 (USA)
  • Anything Goes Riesling 2008 (Germany)
  • Benwarin Sangiovese 2006 (Australia)
  • Chain of Ponds BlackThursday 2009 (Australia)
  • Chain of Ponds Corkscrew Road 2006 (Australia)
  • Eden Springs High Eden Shiraz 2007 (Australia)
  • Emilio Moro Malleolus 2006 (Spain)
  • Lillypilly Noble Blend 2002 (Australia)

 “We were very excited and ecstatic about winning.  I was told that this is the first time in the history of the Wine Style Asia Award that any winery has ever won two Trophy Awards in one show!”

Graeme Thredgold,
Sales & Marketing Manager of Chain of Ponds 

“You could see the pride on the winners’ faces when they stepped up to receive their awards.  We are glad that we have taken this Award to the next level, with class, lots of buzz and plenty of substance.”

Sylvia Phua,
Chief executive officer of
MP International,
Co-organiser of Wine for Asia

“Besides highlighting wines that deserved the judges’ recommendation for medals, another focus of WSAA is to bring wines that are new to markets in Asia.  It also serves to complement different Asian and international preferences in this region.”

John Chua
Chief Judge, WSAA 2009

 
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