Gold || For the third time in its history, Quinta dos Vales winery has won the gold medal and title of “Best Wine of the Algarve” in the 7th Algarvean Wine Competition at Fatacil in Lagoa – this year for its Grace Vineyard 2009 red.
According to Quinta dos Vales, the distinction proves the long-established quality of the Marquês dos Vales wines, after its Grace Vineyard 2008 red also won Gold in Mundus Vini in Germany last autumn.
“Quinta dos Vales is especially proud to have once again proven its leading edge in such a competitive region, bursting with highly-engaged wineries,” the winery said of its achievement, especially considering “the overall improvement of the quality of Algarvean wine in the last few years”.
Surpassing the 100 international awards’ milestone in the short seven years since the rebirth of the boutique winery lays proof that the team’s efforts and selection procedures in the fields and cellar have paid off.
But the winery also congratulated other Algarve wineries, which “introduced some outstanding wines this year” and added that the Algarve “has made its point as a serious wine region and seems it will repeat Alentejo’s success story of the mid 90s”.
The competition was held at Lagoa’s prestigious Fatacil fair on August 16 (see page 31).
