TORRONTÉS FROM LA RIOJANA BECOMES THE WINE OF CHOICE FOR LONDON CEVICHE WEEK 2012

As part of the Wines of Argentina “Time for Torrontés” summer campaign, La Riojana, Argentina’s leading producer of Torrontés, will be teaming up with London’s hot new Peruvian restaurant, Ceviche on Frith Street, Soho during London Ceviche Week 2012 to promote their Torrontés as a great wine match for ceviche. 

London Ceviche Week 2012, which has been created by Ceviche’s owner, Martin Morales, will run from 23rd to 30th June and is the first foodie festival of its kind, coinciding with National Ceviche Day in Peru (28th June). The week itself will involve a series of master classes and demos aiming to entertain and engage people across the capital and to introduce them to the wonders of one of Peru’s favourite national dishes and one of London’s hottest; ceviche. 

Throughout this event, La Riojana aims to demonstrate to audiences how their recently launched Raza Signature Series Torrontés Reserva 2011 makes a great wine match with ceviche, as well as offering customers the chance to taste and buy their Viñedos de la Posada Fairtrade Torrontés 2011 whilst dining at Ceviche.

Andrew Maidment, UK and Europe Manager for Wines of Argentina, comments: “We are delighted that La Riojana has taken up this opportunity to promote Torrontés to a wider audience. We already know that Torrontés and ceviche are a match made in heaven, and therefore this will be a fantastic opportunity for a large number of people to discover this perfect match for themselves.”

FINCA FEDERADA TOASTS RECENT SUCCESS

La Riojana, currently the world’s largest producer of certified Fairtrade and Organic wine, not only secured a silver medal for its Finca Federada Fairtrade Malbec Reserva 2011 in the one of the world’s largest wine competitions, the 2012 International Wine Challenge, but also received a “3-star Recommended” and “Good Value” rating for the same wine in Decanter’s recent Argentinian Malbec panel tasting.

Rodolfo Griguol, La Riojana’s chief winemaker, is thrilled by the International Wine Challenge medal, as well as the recent wine rating in Decanter Magazine: “This is great news for La Riojana. We are very proud of our Finca Federada Fairtrade Malbec Reserva, and very pleased to see it perform so well when tasted against some tough competition. This is a wine that we produce for Direct Wines for both the UK and US market and is one of our best-selling Malbecs.”

The results of the 2012 International Wine Challenge (IWC) were announced during the London International Wine Fair held 22nd to 24th May. The results of Decanter’s Argentinian Malbec panel tasting were published in the June 2012 edition of Decanter Magazine.

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.