Camel Valley’s Pinot Noir Brut 2007 featured in the top 10, also winning the competition’s award for ‘Best Rest of the World’, toasting further success for England. These two English wines came ahead of Champagnes Canard Duchêne and Louis Roederer Millésime 2000, which featured amongst other Champagnes and sparkling wines in the top 10. Nyetimber Blanc de Blancs 2001 was also in the top 12 wines in the competition, out of a total of 52 entries.
Now in its second year, Bollicine del Mondo attracts sparkling wines from around the globe as a competition open only to traditional method, traditional varietal wines. Last year Camel Valley gained Silver in the competition, second only to Champagne Bollinger. The competition is sponsored by Banca Popolare di Verona (Banco Popolare Group is one of the biggest banks in Italy); the Italian wine trade Fair Vinitaly; the Italian Association of Sommeliers and Verona Confcommercio.
The wines were tasted blind by a panel of oenologists, winemakers, sommeliers and journalists led by Ais Veneto President, Mr Dino Marchi.
This is an outstanding success for England and my congratulations go to Nyetimber for their win and to Camel Valley for another excellent result,” commented Beppe Giuliano, Director of Euposia. “We were so impressed with the wide variety of wine regions that were represented in this competition and the increased number of entries.”
Nyetimber’s success in this competition comes at the end of a busy year of awards, with their Classic Cuvée 2003 gaining medals in the International Wine Challenge, the International Wine & Spirit Competition ad the English & Welsh Wine of the Year Competition. Their Blanc de Blancs also won top medals in the competitions. Similarly, Camel Valley has enjoyed many outstanding achievements in competitions this year, showing that England once again is well and truly flying the flag on the world wine stage.