For the first time, over 50 of Decanter’s award-winning wines will be on show in London next weekend.
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The wines – Trophy and Gold Award winners from the 2008 Decanter World Wine Awards – will be presented in a special room at the Decanter Fine Wine Encounter.
Visitors to the event, which takes place in the Landmark Hotel in Marylebone next weekend, will be able to sample wines voted the best in the world by Decanter’s judges.
These include Champagnes like the Charles Heidsieck Brut Rosé Millésimé 1999 and the Taittinger Prelude Grand Cru, and Brut 2002, top Australians including Peter Lehmann Reserve Riesling 2002 and Glaetzer’s Anaperenna Shiraz Cabernet, or South Africans like the renowned Engelbrecht Els Proprietor’s Blend 2005 – from champion golfer Ernie Els.
There are wines from Greece – the Biblia Chora Ovilos 2007; Northern Spain – the Pazo de Señorans Seleccion de Añada 2003 from Rias Baixas; France, Hungary, Sicily, Portugal, South Africa and just about every other wine producing region of the world.
‘The one thing these wines have in common is that they have been chosen, from over 9000 wines that were entered for the Decanter World Wine Awards this year, as the best in their class,’ Decanter’s publishing director Sarah Kemp said.
The 54 wines selected for the Gold Room at the Decanter Fine Wine Encounter all won an International or Regional Trophy, or a Gold Award at the 2008 Decanter World Wine Awards.
The Decanter Fine Wine Encounter takes place 22 and 23 November 2008 at the Landmark Hotel, Marylebone, London NW1.
Europe’s most prestigious fine wine event and now in its 11th year, the Decanter Fine Wine Encounter showcases more than 600 wines in total from around 100 of the world’s top wine producers.
See next page for full list of wines
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SPARKLING & WHITES
1. Taittinger, Prélude Grands Cru NV
2. Taittinger, Brut 2002
3. Heidsieck & Co Monopole Silver Top 2002
4. Veuve Clicquot 2002
5. Charles Heidsieck Brut Rosé Millésimé 1999
6. Domaine Sigalas, Barrel Fermenented, Santorini 2007
7. Biblia Chora Estate, Ovilos, Pangeon 2007
8. Rabl, Schenkenbichl Riesling, Kamptal 2007
9. Pazo de Señorans, Selección Añada, Rias Baixas 2003
10. Terredora, Greco di Tufo ‘Terre degli Angeli’, Campania 2007
11. Spy Valley Wines, Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough 2007
12. Viña San Pedro, Reserva Castillo de Molina Sauvignon Blanc 2007
13. Lomond, Pincushion Single Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2007
14. Elgin Vintners, Sauvignon Blanc, Elgin 2007
15. Tokara, Stellenbosch 2006
16. Glen Carlou, Chardonnay, Paarl 2007
17. Peter Lehmann, Reserve Riesling, Eden Valley 2002
18. Peter Lehmann, Margaret Semillon, Barossa Valley 2002
REDS
19. La Châsse du Pape, Vin de Pays d’Oc 2007
20. Domaine de le Baume, La Jeunesse, Syrah, Vin de Pays d’Oc 2007
21. Domaine Arguti, Le Grand A d’Arguti, Côtes Du Roussillon Villages 2006
22. Château Rouquette sur Mer, L’Absolu, Coteaux du Languedoc 2007
23. Château Estoublon, Cuvée Mogador, Baux-de-Provence 2005
24. Cave de Tain, Marks and Spencer, Hermitage 2005
25. Marchesi di Gresy, Gaiun Martinenga, Barbaresco 2001
26. Cascina Bongiovanni, Pernanno, Barolo 2004
27. Michele Chiarlo, Cerequio, Barolo 2004
28. Tenuta L’Illuminata – La Morra, Tebavio, Barolo 2004
29. Podere Sapaio 2005
30. La Spinosa, Chianti Colli Fiorentini 2005
31. Bodegas Peique, Seleccion Familiar 2004
32. Iñaki Nuñez, Pago de Cirsus Selección, Navarra 2003
33. Bodegas Pinord, 7, Priorat 2005
34. Bodegas Castillo de Sajazarra, Digma, Rioja 2004
35. Kanonkop, Pinotage, Stellenbosch 2004
36. Engelbrecht Els, Proprietor’s Blend, Stellenbosch 2005
37. Kanonkop, Paul Sauer, Stellenbosch 2004
38. Buitenverwachting, Christine, Constantia 2003
39. Elgin Vintners, Shiraz, Elgin 2006
40. Cederberg, Shiraz 2006
41. Viña Falernia, Syrah Reserva, Elqui Valley 2006
42. Philip Shaw Wines, No 17 Merlot/Cabernet Franc/Cabernet Sauvignon, Orange 2006
43. Philip Shaw Wines, No 5 Cabernet Sauvignon, Orange 2006
44. Vasse Felix, Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaret River 2005
45. Glaetzer Wines, Anaperenna, Barossa Valley 2006
SWEET WINES
46. Klein Constantia, Vin de Constance, Constantia 2002
47. Patricius Winery, Tokaj 5 Puttonyos, Aszú 2002
48. Harveys Fine Old Amontillado Sherry
49. Bodegas Hidalgo, Palo Cortado Wellington (Vos), Sherry
50. Carlo Pellegrino, Passito Di Pantelleria, Sicily 2007
51. Bodegas Hidalgo, Pedro Ximénez Triana, Sherry
52. Cockburn’s, 20 Year Old Tawny Port NV
53. Ramos Pinto, 30 Year Old Tawny Port NV
54. Taylor’s 40 Year Old Tawny Port NV
Written by decanter.com staff
