Wines winning the Bronze were:
1. Chantilli Chenin Blanc 2007 Champagne Indage Ltd
2. Indage Vineyard Reserve Merlot 2006 Champagne Indage Ltd
3. Marquise De Pompadour NV Champagne Indage Ltd
4. Broken Earth Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 Thachi Wines Pty Ltd
5. Red Skies Shiraz Thachi Wines Pty Ltd
Mr. Ranjit Chougule said to delWine, 'We are very happy with the results as Japan Wine Challenge is a very prestigious competition, that has now firmly established as Asia's most prestigious wine competition and Indage was the only winner from India.'
The 11th edition of the competition had a list of wine luminaries as the judges, that included the British Robert Joseph who is the Chairman of India Wine Challenge, and Chilean Eduardo Chadwick, Owner of Errazuriz who had been on a flying visit to India earlier this month, when he was interviewed by delWine. Lynn Sherriff, MW from South Africa and Deputy Vice Chair person of the Institute of Master of Wine co-chaired the competition.
The other judges were: David Wrigley MW (UK), Michel Bettane (France), Anthony Rose (UK), Mireia Torres (Spain), Roberto Bava (Italy), Rowald Hepp (Germany), Andy Dias Blue (US), Robin Kelly O'Connor (US), Andrew Caillard MW (Australia) and Jim Harre (NZ).
Japan Wine Challenge was held from 9th to 11th July 2008 at the Sheraton Miyako Hotel in Tokyo. Out of over 1,700 wine labels submitted from 27 countries, the judges awarded a total number of 67 Gold Medals, 223 Silver Medals, 582 Bronze Medals and 427 Seals of Approval.
Thachi Wines is South Australia based Australian arm of Champagne Indage producing three labels- Broken Earth, Red Skies and South Bay. It was acquired in 2007 for $54 m as Tandou Winery and re-christened as Thachi. It is one of the top eight largest wineries in Australia |