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L’ACADIE VINEYARDS WINS BIG AT CANADIAN WINE AWARDS
L’Acadie Vineyards, a new winery which first released its wines in 2008, won an unprecedented four medals at the 2009 Canadian Wine Awards, the most medals a Nova Scotia winery has ever won at this high profile competition and the only Nova Scotia winery to win this year. Bruce Ewert, Owner Winemaker of L’Acadie Vineyards commented, “It is especially gratifying and exciting that both our Traditional Method sparkling wines won medals. It is the first time they have awarded sparkling wines from Nova Scotia and it puts us on the map. We have ideal growing conditions for this style and the rest of Canada is noticing.” L’Acadie Vineyards won medals for all of their sparkling wines submitted in this prestigious category - bronze medals for Traditional Method Sparkling Brut and Traditional Method Sparkling Rosé. Traditional method sparkling wines are crafted the same as wines from Champagne, France with a secondary ferment in its bottle giving the wine fine persistent bubbles and aged for years for celebrated yeast flavours and is a new style for Nova Scotia compared to the many artificially carbonated wines on the market. “Our Brut pairs incredibly with our famous rich maritime seafood, oysters, lobster, scallops, smoked salmon and mussels or as a celebration on its own”
Also awarded were bronze medals for L’Acadie Star, an aromatic still white wine, and Eclipse, a full bodied red wine made with dried grapes. “We are winning awards in many categories, showing the depth of our commitment to quality. Our years of grape drying research have been yielding some great results.”
Wines are available at the L’Acadie Vineyards wineshop near Wolfville, selected NSLC stores, and fine restaurants in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Quebec. See website for locations, www.lacadievineyards.ca.
Contact: Bruce Ewert, Owner Winemaker L’Acadie Vineyards 310 Slayter Road, Gaspereau, Nova Scotia 902-542-3299 |