MEDIA RELEASE
8th October 2007

South Australian winery Taylors wins major red wine gong

Australians disheartened with the weekend’s result of the Rugby World Cup game in France need only look across the Channel in London, where the results for the ‘World Cup of the wine world’ – the International Wine and Spirits Competition (IWSC) – should give them a reason to rejoice once again.

Australia blitzed the competition with Clare Valley winery, Taylors picking up the coveted Cup for Best International Red Blend with their Eighty Acres 2005 Cabernet Shiraz Merlot.

Taylors only just made it in time to enter the Eighty Acres range in the IWSC this year, following the release of the four new blends, including the 2005 Eighty Acres Cabernet Shiraz Merlot, as recently as August this year.

A very proud Taylors Managing Director, Mitchell Taylor says the IWSC trophy is an overwhelming result for the winemaking team.

“This award is an outstanding endorsement of the hard work and talent of the entire Taylors team. The Eighty Acres Cabernet Shiraz Merlot is a very young player in the Taylors range and we’re thrilled with its performance so far.”

“We’re all just over the moon. It takes skilled players, teamwork, passion, vision and good soil and to win a challenge as big as this one,” said Mitchell.

Taylors has enjoyed a tremendous run, having collected over 50 awards from five different International and local wine competitions in just the last two months. The shows based in Vienna, Shanghai, Canada, New Zealand, Perth and Melbourne have awarded Taylors across their entire portfolio.

“These awards have highlighted the ability of Taylors to craft wines of purity and regional expression; it also showcases the quality of its Clare Valley varietals. This international success is important to us as it really helps to place the Clare Valley on the map of best Australian wine regions – as we’ve always known it should be”. said Mitchell Taylor