Blanc de Cabernet and Sauvignon Blanc from Albastrele collection are in «1000 Vins du Monde» guide, by results of the international contest Vinalies Internationalies held annually by the Union des Œnologues de France. Acorex Wine Holding is the only winemaker from both Moldova and CIS countries to get the acknowledgement of the international jury.
«1000 Vins du Monde» is the annual world-wide wines’ guide popularly accepted by European customers. They do trust this guide and do base their wine choices upon it for it includes only those wines rewarded by golden and silver awards of Vinalies Internationalies contest, which means they were approved by wine professionals of highest level from all over the world.
Acorex Wine Holding with its Albastrele collection is rewarded with two golden awards of the contest (Vinalies d’Or). This year Acorex is the only winemaker to represent both Moldova and CIS countries in «1000 Vins du Monde». Totally, this year the guide will represent wines of all styles from 30 countries of the world.
In 2011, Vinalies Internationalies brought together almost 3,500 samples from all the world’s wine regions. The Union des Œnologues de France defined the awards of Vinalies d’Or and Vinalies d’Argent and, according to the OIV rules, the number of awards is limited to 30% of all participating wines.
International jury is composed of French and international enologists and other specialists recognized for their skills as regards tasting, from very different areas such as: production, marketing, consumption, communication, etc. After individual blind tasting, the juries give each sample a score and a tasting note. These notes are then included into the guide «1000 Vins du Monde» published after the contest by the Union des Œnologues de France together with Hachette Pratique.
