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2008 Pro Wine Buyer's Competition
Loris Scagliarini – May 8, 2009

The Winners • The Judges

Back on October 13 and 14, 2008, nearly 900 wines faced off and were judged by America's top wine buyers at the first ever US Professional Wine Buyers Competition, held in Santa Rosa, California.

Our group presented wines produced by estates associated with the Italian Flavor Consortium, imported and distributed in California by WineCountry.IT, L.L.C., and scored two silver medals and 10 bronze medals.

We were holding out for the medals in order to publish photographs of the winners along with their medals. Now that we have received and published the results of the National Women’s Wine Competition 2009™, we have decided to go ahead and publish the winner's list anyway, despite the fact that the medals have not been delivered yet.

Without further ado, here is the list of wines produced by estates associated with the Italian Flavor Consortium:

• SILVER MEDALS
  1. Wine:    Valdichiana DOC 2003 – Poventa (Super Tuscan)
     Estate:  Azienda Agricola Buccelletti - Casali in Val di Chio
     Region: Tuscany
     
  2. Wine:    Caliscana Fior Fiore – Ansonica 2005
     Estate:  Caliscana
     Region: Tuscany

• BRONZE MEDALS
  1. Wine:    Monferrato DOC 2004 – Infinito
     Estate:  Poderi Rosso Giovanni
     Region: Piedmont
  2. Wine:    Prosecco Valdobbiadene DOC Spumante Brut – Ruio
     Estate:  Azienda Agricola Malibrán
     Region: Veneto
  3. Wine:    Soave Classico DOC 2006 – Le Bine Longhe
     Estate:  Azienda Agricola T•E•S•S•A•R•I
     Region: Veneto
  4. Wine:    Rosato Italiano IGT
     Estate:  Azienda Agricola Mauro Zini
     Region: Emilia Romagna
  5. Wine:    Chianti DOCG Riserva 2004 – Il Canto del Leccio
     Estate:  Azienda Agricola Montalpruno
     Region: Tuscany
     
  6. Wine:    Toscana Rosso IGT 2005 Sangiovese
     Estate:  Azienda Agricola Montalpruno
     Region: Tuscany
     
  7. Wine:    Toscana Bianco IGT 2005 – Sereno
     Estate:  Azienda Agricola Montalpruno
     Region: Tuscany
     
  8. Wine:    Maremma Toscana IGT – Perbacco
     Estate:  Azienda Agricola La Carletta
     Region: Tuscany
     
  9. Wine:    Monteregio di Massa Marittima DOC 2005 – Aurora
     Estate:  Fattorie Coliberto
     Region: Tuscany
     
  10. Wine:    Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio DOC
      Estate:  Casa Vinicola Ferraro
      Region: Campania

The Judges
Professional wine buyers from the following organizations judged the competition under the direction of head judge, Rebecca Murphy, founder and director of the Dallas Morning News Wine Competition, and a candidate for the M.W. degree, the world's most advanced academic degree in the field of wine.

• Andronico's Market, Northern California
• Bon Vivant Wine Co., Boston, MA
• Culinary Academy of America
• Dean and Deluca
• Draeger's, Menlo Park-based chain, CA
• Empire Merchants, New York City, NY
• Fountain Grove Inn and Equus Restaurant, Santa Rosa, CA
• Il Forniao Restaurant Group, CA
• JamWines, San Francisco, CA
• Lark Creek Group (including Lark Creek Inns, Yankee Pier, Bradley Ogden, Parcel 104 restaurants)
• Little River Inn, Medocino, CA
• MDM Distributors, San Francisco, CA
• Oliver's Market, Santa Rosa/Cotati, CA
• Pearson's Wine & Spirits, Washington, DC
• Playboy Mansion West, Los Angeles, CA
• Plumpjack Group, CA
• Redd Restaurant, Napa Valley, CA
• St. Helena Wine Center, St. Helena, CA
• Whole Foods Markets
• Wine Spectrum, Santa Rosa, CA