The important competition has awarded its top prize, once again, to the prestigious white wines of Qunta dos Vales, namely the Marques dos Vales wines.

This year’s recognition fell upon the Grace Vineyard white and Grace Viognier, coming from the 2012 harvest – both being awarded two Gold medals. Not only this, but the Viognier also got the award for ‘The Best Wine of the Algarve’ thus winning the Grand Gold medal as well.

These 3 gold medals join the other eighty prices that have already been won this year by Quinta dos Vales, a dozen of them having been won in various international competitions.

This year’s first success was back in March in China, of all places, where the Gold medal was awarede to the ‘Marques dos Vales Selecta red 2010’ and it also took home the Trophy for ‘Portuguese Wine Producer Of The Year 2013’ at the China Wine & Spirits Awards (CWSA).

Then came the month of May where it won a Silver medeal for the ‘Marques dos Vales Grace Touriga Nacional 2009’ at the ‘Sommelier Wine Awards 2013’ in the united Kingdom, and another Silver for the ‘Marques dos Vales Selecta Rose 20120’ in the ‘Primeiro Concurso de Vinhos Nacionais’ held during the fifth ‘Grande Mostra de Vinhos de Portugal’ which was organized by COnfraria do Bacchus de Albufeira.

Other medals were won in the ‘International Wine Challenge’, the ‘Decanter World Wines Awards’ and the ‘International Wine & Spirit Competition’ where the ‘Grace Verdelho’ white 2012 won two Silver medals and the ‘Grace Vineyard’ red 2009 won two Bronze medals as well as a Commendation.

All in all, it’s been a great year for the wines of Quinta dos Vales.