Press Release
INDEPENDENT PANEL PICKS 6 CHATEAU ST MARTIN IMPORTED WINES FOR THE 2009 TODAY'S BORDEAUX CAMPAIGN
Bellevue, WA, March 12, 2009. Chateau St. Martin LLC (CSM) today announced that six of their imported wines have been selected out of a field of over 300 to be part of the 2009 campaign promoting affordable Bordeaux wines in the United States. A total of 100 wines made it to the final list after a blind tasting conducted in New York by an independent jury.
The campaign is sponsored by the Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB), the Bordeaux Wine Bureau, representing over 12,000 producers in the region of Bordeaux, France. CIVB will host media and trade tastings in New York, Chicago and San Francisco during the month of May (www.boredauxwinebureau.org ). The campaign has been named Today's Bordeaux: One Hundred Classic, Contemporary, Affordable Wines? and will offer a variety of wines from the region. All top 100 wines selected have met stringent criteria on quality and affordability and will be available at retail prices ranging from $8 to $35.
The 6 wines from the CSM portfolio selected by jury at the blind tasting are:
Chateau Lestrille, Entre-deux-Mers Blanc
Château Lalande Balestard, Bordeaux Rouge
Lestrille Capmartin, Bordeaux Superieur
Le Chene de Puynard, Premieres Cotes de Blaye
Chateau Bel-Air La Royere, Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux
Chateau Liversan, Haut-Medoc
Hans Giner, Managing Partner of CSM, said: We are extremely pleased and proud that so many of our wines made it to the top 100 wines selected by jury. These wines will now be part of CIVBs 2009 campaign promoting classic and contemporary wines from Bordeaux. The jury's decision confirms that our portfolio meets one of our key objectives: to provide the American consumer with high quality wines at affordable prices. We congratulate our suppliers and winemakers in Bordeaux who all made this possible.
Chateau St. Martin LLC (www.chstmartin.com) is a US federal importer located in Bellevue, WA specializing in importing fine French wines. Its Managing Partner, Hans Giner, is the ambassador to the United States for Union de Producteurs de Saint-Emilion ( www.udpse.com ) representing some 225 producers in the Saint-Emilion appellation.
For further information contact:
Hans C Giner
Direct phone: +1 425 462 1717
hginer@chstmartin.com
To learn more about the campaign contact:
Sarah Jones
The Bordeaux Wine Bureau
Direct Phone: +1 707 254 1114
jones@bensonmarketing.com
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