Boutique Margaret River winery, Tassell Park Wines were recently awarded 2 trophies for their 2008 Cabernet Merlot at the Australian Boutique Wine Awards. It was awarded the Best Red Blend trophy plus the honour of being judged the overall Best Boutique Estate Grown and Produced Wine of the show. Tassell Park was also awarded the Silver trophy for the Best Dry White in the Sauvignon Blanc class at last week’s Sheraton Wine Awards.
The 2010 Winewise Small Vigneron Awards have just been announced and Tassell Park Wines Margaret River is thrilled to have received six major medals from this national event.
Silver, 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon;
Silver, 2008 “Private Bin” Shiraz (not yet released);
Bronze 2009 “Private Bin” Chardonnay;
Bronze, 2009 Sauvignon Blanc Semillon;
Bronze, 2008 Shiraz and Bronze for the 2008 Cabernet Merlot.
It seems these guys can do no wrong. 
Vasse Felix, Evans & Tate reign supreme
The chairman’s award for best wine of the Sheraton WA Wine Awards was taken out by the Vasse Felix Heytesbury Chardonnay 2008. Vasse Felix winemaker Virginina Willcock believes the chardonnay is the best she has ever made, setting a great benchmark for the future!
Evans & Tate were awarded the Most Successful Exhibitor accolades for this year’s show. Congratulations!
Saracen Estate
Saracen Estate 2008 Shiraz recently won a gold medal and top of its class at the 2010 Australian Boutique Wine Awards in Sydney. The 2010 Rose also won top of its class at the Sheraton Wine Awards last week – it is the first vintage of Rose produced by the estate! And the great news keeps coming for Saracen Estates with the 2009 Sauvignon Blanc scoring 94 points from James Halliday and inclusion in his ‘Best Wine By Variety’ in the 2011 Australian Wine Companion. Well done Saracen Estate.
Laurance Icon wins again
The 2007 Laurance Icon Cabernet has been awarded a Top GOLD medal at the 13th Japan Wine Challenge in Tokyo. With about 1,500 wines from 23 different countries the Japan Wine Challenge has established itself as Asia’s premier wine competition. Congratulations Laurance Wines
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