TROPHY-WINNING LA RIOJANA LEADS THE WAY FOR TORRONTÉS AT LIWF 2012

La Riojana, Argentina’s leading producer of Torrontés, will be showcasing a number of its top award-winning Torrontés alongside an impressive selection of organic, Fairtrade, conventional, still and sparkling wines together with new vintage releases on the Argentinean CFI stand (N60 / O60) at this year’s London International Wine Fair, from 22nd to 24th May 2012 at London’s Excel.

La Riojana’s top award winners on show will include Tilimuqui Single Vineyard Fairtrade Organic Torrontés 2011 which scooped the highly-coveted Torrontés Trophy at the Argentina Wine Awards 2012. As well as Raza Dolce 2011, La Riojana’s popular demi-sec, lower alcohol (7.5%) sparkling Torrontés, which won a Double Gold medal and was also awarded the “Best in Show Sparkling” award in the San Francisco International Wine Competition 2011, USA. And Raza Brut Torrontés 2011, which won a Gold medal at Effervescents du Monde 2011, France, and was also voted as one of the Top 10 Best Wines in the whole competition.

In addition to the award-winning Torrontés on show, La Riojana will also be launching its Raza Signature Series Malbec Reserva 2011 and Raza Signature Series Torrontés Reserva 2011 at the trade fair. The Raza Signature Series is a new range of wines, dressed in elegant packaging, which have been created to target the UK on-trade and independents.

LA RIOJANA SHOWCASES GOLD MEDAL SPARKLING TORRONTÉS AT PROWEIN 2012

La Riojana, currently the world’s largest producer of certified Fairtrade and Organic wine, will be showcasing its two gold medal winning Torrrontés alongside an impressive selection of organic, Fairtrade and conventional wines at ProWein from 4th to 6th March 2012 on the CFI stand in Hall 6, stand F60.

The two gold medal winners on show will be Raza Dolce 2011, La Riojana’s popular demi-sec, lower alcohol (7.5%) sparkling Torrontés, which won a Double Gold medal and was also awarded the “Best in Show Sparkling” award in the San Francisco International Wine Competition 2011, USA. And Raza Brut Torrontés 2011, which won a Gold medal at Effervescents du Monde 2011, France, and was also voted as one of the Top 10 Best Wines in the whole competition. 

In addition to this, La Riojana will showcase its Raza Torrontés Bicentenario 2011, whose previous vintage won a gold medal at Vinandino 2011. As well as three Malbecs from the winery’s icon brand Raza, including a Reserva Malbec 2011, a Gran Reserva Malbec 2011 and Raza Edicion Limitada, its super premium Malbec.

From its Fairtrade certified portfolio, La Riojana will be showing a Reserva Malbec and Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon from its Solombra range, as well as Fair & Square, which comes in a Fairtrade certified Red and White wine, innovatively packaged in lightweight, non breakable and 100% recyclable one-litre Tetra Prisma containers.

In addition to this, La Riojana will also show its successful Fairtrade and Organic certified brand Ecologica, including a Torrontés-Chardonnay 2011 and a Shiraz-Malbec 2011. Representatives from La Riojana at this year’s ProWein will include Walter Carol, export director, Roberto Mantovani, managing director and Nick Day, sales director for UK and Europe. They will be on the stand and will be happy to discuss the wines.

LA RIOJANA SCOOPS TORRONTÉS TROPHY AT ARGENTINA WINE AWARDS 2012

La Riojana, Argentina’s leading producer of Torrontés, is absolutely delighted to have won the Torrontés Trophy at this year’s Argentina Wine Awards. This highly-coveted award was given to Tilimuqui Single Vineyard Fairtrade Organic Torrontés 2011, a wine which comes from La Riojana’s vineyards situated in La Rioja province, one of the country’s most exciting wine regions, and is available exclusively in Waitrose throughout the UK. 

The Argentina Wine Awards, which are now in their sixth year, were announced on Friday 24th February 2012 at a ceremony held in Mendoza. The annual wine competition, which is conducted by Wines of Argentina and COVIAR, is held to let the world know about the best Argentine wines. This year there were a total of 773 samples submitted to the tasting held from 19th to 23rd February at the Diplomatic hotel in Mendoza. For the first time, entries were judged by twelve of the world’s top winemakers from wineries across the globe including the USA, France, New Zealand, Italy, South Africa, and Chile. 

Walter Carol, Export Director for La Riojana, comments: “This trophy means a lot to all of us at La Riojana. Often when people think of Argentina and Argentinean wine, they tend to think of Mendoza and seem to know little of the winemaking regions beyond this area. So with this trophy, we are able to show the world that regions like La Rioja do also produce excellent wine and in particular outstanding Torrontés. At La Riojana, we produce nine different styles of Torrontés, all from Torrontés Riojano, a clone particularly well suited to the climate of La Rioja where the majority of our vineyards are located. Over the years we have been steadily growing a good reputation for the quality of our Torrontés and this award helps show the fruits of all the hard work.”

LA RIOJANA ADDS A TOUCH OF SPARKLE TO THE WOFA ANNUAL TRADE TASTING 2011

La Riojana, the world’s largest producer of certified Fairtrade organic wines and Argentina’s largest producer of Torrontés, will be showcasing a host of new releases, including new Sparkling Torrontés and exciting Torrontés blends, all of which will be Fairtrade certified, as well as Moscato Frizzante at this year’s Wines of Argentina Annual Trade Tasting (table no. 7), due to take place at Lord’s Cricket Ground, London on 14th September 2011.

The tasting line up is led by the launch of two Fairtrade sparkling wines under the winery’s flagship Raza brand. Firstly, the European launch of the demi-sec Raza Fairtrade Dolce 2011 which has recently taken the US by storm, winning double gold and the “Best in Show Sparkling” award at this year’s San Francisco International Wine Competition, and supported by Raza Fairtrade Brut 2011. In addition there will be two new Moscato Frizzante wines, a white and rosé, called La Mia Vita.

La Riojana has also added further new Fairtrade certified products to its Raza range including four new dual varietal blends. The two new white blends on show will be Raza Fairtrade Torrontes-Sauvignon Blanc 2011, Raza Fairtrade Torrontés-Pinot Grigio 2011, and the two new red blends will be Raza Fairtrade Cabernet Sauvignon -Malbec 2011 and Raza Fairtrade Bonarda-Malbec 2011.

At the tasting, La Riojana will also show its new El Condor Fairtrade organic range, with two dual varietal blends; Torrontés-Chardonnay 2011 and Shiraz-Malbec 2011. As well as new vintage releases from its Fairtrade brand Solombra, including a Reserva Malbec 2011 and new for 2011, a Reserva Torrontés.

La Riojana’s commercial and winemaking team in attendance at this year’s Annual Tasting, will include Nick Day, sales director for UK and Europe, Walter Carol, export director and chief winemaker Rodolfo Griguol. They will be happy to answer any questions regarding La Riojana and the current wine ranges.