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07 March 2006

2003 Zinfandel Awarded World's Best

There were smiles all round at Springhill none more so than on Joanne's face as the news came through that her 2003 Zinfandel Reserve was awarded the trophy for the best Zinfandel at the 2006 International Wine Challenge in London. This highly regarded wine competition has entrants from all over the world and the Eden Valley Zinfandel was judged the best. California is considered the place for Zinfandels and this wine coming from a small patch on the Springhill property is considered all the more special because it is now the second wine to receive World's Best for wines coming from the Springhill vineyard following on from the Grand Merlot which has won gold in the same competition.

The wine, still on current release but running out quickly, was a tough one to make and Jo was not too keen to show the wine. Winemakers are sometimes hyper critical of their own wines and Jo is her own harshest critic. It was entered anyway and the results speak for themselves.

International judges of another wine competition in London the Decanter World Wine Awards also gave it a gold which ups the tally on this wine to one World's Best Trophy plus two Golds and a Silver.

So well done Jo and we look forward to the 2004 release later this year.

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