Winemaker Ulrich Hoffmann
Last night our Silent Pool Rosé was award a
bronze medal at the South East Vineyards Association (SEVA) awards ceremony.
This was quite an achievement given that it is our very first wine.
Congratulations to Alex, who lovingly nurtured the vines to give us great quality
grapes in a difficult year, and Ulrich who turned them into a lovely wine.
There were no gold medals this year, which probably
reflects that the judges are now assessing the wines by international
standards: overall there were 7 silver medals, 29 bronze and 17 highly
commended. The chair of the judges was Andy Howard who heads up the Marks and
Spencer wine department. Silver medals were awarded to the following wines:
Plumpton Estate’s Dean Blush Brut (NV)
Gusbourne’s Estate’s Blanc de Blancs (2007)
Bolney Wine Estate’s Pinot Noir (2011)
Biddenden Vineyard’s Gribble Bridge Rosé (2011)
Denbies Wine Estate’s Ranmore Hill (2009)
Hill Farm Vineyard’s Hill Farm Dry White (2011)
Sandhurst Vineyard’s Sandhurst Bacchus (2011)
We tasted these wines during dinner and they were all fabulous. Peter Morgan from Plumpton collected the best wine trophy for The Dean Brut Blush, and Gusbourne's Blanc de Blanc won the cup for second place.
