Delicato Shiraz Wins Top Honors At California State Fair; Awarded ``Best of California''.Business Editors/Food Writers NAPA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 26, 2001 Delicato Family Vineyards 2000 Shiraz has been awarded "Best of California" honors and "Best of Class -- California State Appellation ap·pel·la·tion n. 1. A name, title, or designation. 2. A protected name under which a wine may be sold, indicating that the grapes used are of a specific kind from a specific district. 3. The act of naming. " at the California State Fair Wine Competition. The Delicato Shiraz was judged blind against a field of 128 other California wines competing for the award, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. State Fair officials. In addition, Delicato earned 5 other medals including a gold medal gold medal traditional first prize. [Western Cult: Misc.] See : Prize for the Delicato Family Vineyards 2000 Merlot. Silver medals were awarded to Delicato's Monterra 1998 Sangiovese, and Monterra 1999 Cabernet Sauvignon Cab·er·net Sauvignon n. 1. A variety of black grape used to make red wine, notably in Bordeaux and the Napa Valley. 2. A dry red wine made from this grape. [French. . The 1998 Monterra Sangiovese was also named "Best Sangiovese in the North Central Coast Appellation." A bronze medal was awarded to Monterra 1998 Syrah. The awards were made Tuesday during ceremonies at Cal Expo in Sacramento, Calif. The latest honors come but a few weeks after the announcement at Vin Expo in Bordeaux, France, that Delicato had been awarded "Best USA Wine Producer" by the prestigious International Wine and Spirit Competition. "We are pleased and gratified grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. at all of our awards this year," said Delicato Chief Winemaker Tom Smith. "They validate our commitment to quality, and clearly demonstrate that excellent wine does not have to cost an arm and a leg." Delicato's award-winning wines retail nationally between $6.00 and $12.00 per bottle. According to Eric Morham, Delicato president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , the winery is striving to be best in class in every area of its business. "We have invested millions in our vineyards in Monterey and Lodi Lodi, city, Italy Lodi (lô`dē), city (1991 pop. 42,250), Lombardy, N Italy, on the Adda River, near Milan. It is an important dairy and light industrial center. . These vineyard locales have proven ideal for growing this grape variety to its optimum," he said. "We have also put together a wine making team second to none. These awards and honors validate the tremendous strides we've made in producing top quality wines." Of the 2,247 wines judged at the California State Fair, only a small percentage received medals. Gold medals went to 119 wines in this year's competition. Silver medals went to 335 wines. All wines are judged blind by a panel of four experienced judges. All gold medal winners were then evaluated again by an eight judge panel. Some of these were awarded special honors, such as "Best in California" won by the Delicato 2000 Shiraz. According to A.C. Nielsen data, Shiraz/Syrah is being discovered by American consumers. It is the fastest growing red wine, with unit sales unit sales Sales measured in terms of physical units rather than dollars. Unit sales data are often used by financial analysts when evaluating the health of a company. growth exceeding 62% for the 52 weeks ending July 7, 2001. Shiraz and Syrah are synonyms for the same wine grape. Delicato Vineyards is one of America's leading family winegrowers. For more than 75 years, the Indelicato family has been crafting fine wines while assembling a portfolio of world class estate vineyards. Today, the Delicato Winery harvests more than 10,000 acres of vineyard estates across the top regions of California including the San Bernabe Vineyard The San Bernabe vineyard is the center of a proposed American Viticultural Area in Monterey County, California. Located at the northern end of the San Lucas AVA it is currently the world's largest continuous vineyard.[1] References 1. in Monterey, Calif., the most diverse single vineyard in the world. |
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