Worldwide Tempranillo Competition

Earlier this month, the first international competition of Tempranillo wines took place in Copenhagen.

Over 300 wines were entered in competition, the vast majority coming from, of course, Spain. However, there were several entries from around the world. The predominance of this grape variety in Spain was reflected in the number of award-winners, but there were also Tempranillos from Australia, Argentina, Portugal and Mexico that received high marks from the judges.

The top prize-winner was Contino Viña del Olivo 2001 from Viñedos de Contino of the CUNE wine group of La Rioja. The top non-Iberian Tempranillos at the competition were:
Stella Bella of Australia and Santa Julia Fuzion Tempranillo 2004 of Argentina.

See the full list of award-winners at http://enologo.com/tempranillo/uk/premios.html